Orissa (Odisha)

Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, particularly forests. Large areas of densely forested regions in the country are controlled by Naxalites. In these

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra, Binayak Das, Prabhanjan Verma

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

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0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

India

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

Fisheries

Trouble at sea

From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Author(s): Kushal P S Yadav

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Andaman Islands, Marine Life, Corals, Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Wildlife Act 1972, Legislation, India, Delhi, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

India

Law of no returns

Left helpless, the affected states have started demanding amendments to the fca. About a year ago, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh wrote to the prime minster requesting changes

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

India

Faceless Figures

The status of cancer data in India is as scary as the killer itself. The most recent data on cancer by the Indian Council of Medical Research is 13 years old. With little data on hand, battling cancer has become doubly difficult

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Author(s): Vibha Varshney

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

India

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

India

System error

The death of India s cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Publication Date:

30/12/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Politics, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Bangladesh, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Siliguri, Naxalites, Tribals

India

Caught in the net

The recent ban on shark hunting is only a partial victory for the conservationists. To make it a success, better networking between the coastal authorities and fisherfolk is essential. Biswajit Mohanty , president of Wildl

Publication Date:

14/12/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011215

pp:

0

Tags:

Marine Ecosystems, Crustaceans, Fish Transport, Fish Marketing, Fishing Boats, Endangered Species, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Legislation, China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Finland, India, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal

India

Roots breathing heavy

at first glance, the photographs on display fail to stir one's imagination. The vast mangrove forests along the Orissa coastline are just as picturesque as any other, with little pretension of

Publication Date:

14/12/2001

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011215

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecology, Ecosystems, India, Delhi, Orissa (Odisha)