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• For effective development and utilisation of its natural resources, the Orissa government intends to draft a mineral policy soon. Along with this, the state also wants to formulate a gems

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
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Water Pollution, Minerals, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Pesticide Industry, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Conflicts, Wildlife, Elephant, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 Trawlers turn killers

rampant unregulated fishing has caused the death of many endangered sea

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
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Fisheries, Endangered Species, India, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Right to fish

Tawa shows the way in ensuring fishing rights to people

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14/01/2002
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Tawa, Chilka, Reservoir Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Legislation, India, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 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
Richard Mahapatra, Binayak Das, Prabhanjan Verma
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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

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30/12/2001
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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
Kushal P S Yadav
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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
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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

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30/12/2001
Vibha Varshney
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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

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30/12/2001
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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
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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

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