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Forests

Proceedings of the workshop on conflict resolution and natural resource management

Past experiences have shown that centralized management of natural resources, based on a culture of exclusion and rules, has not contributed to the sustainable management of natural resources.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2001
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Mining, Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Forest Resources, Forest Management, Tribals, Gujjar, Rajaji NP, People - Animal Conflicts, Public Participation, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Water Resources

 The myth of Kalahandi

The death of traditional water harvesting structures prepare Kalahandi for its worst ever drought

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Water Pollution

 Neglected structures

Simple, yet effective, rainwater harvesting structures provided succour in the face of drought

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
India

 Holding water

A village that has kept its date with history

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Environment

 Tanked!

What led to the decline of tanks

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
India

 INDIA

• The 11th Planning Commission has directed the Karnataka government to focus on ways to encourage the herbal medicine sector. At least 55 per cent of the medicinal plants that have been

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Atlas, Information, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Food Security
India

 Dwindling numbers

there has been a fall in the number

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Chilka, Endangered Species, Birds, Migratory Species, Orissa (Odisha)
Air Pollution

 Turtle graveyard

Mass turtle deaths have become an annual feature on the Orissa coast

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fishing Technology, Endangered Species, Turtles, Orissa (Odisha)
Air Pollution

 The trail of ash

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Orissa (Odisha), Fly Ash
Mining

 Battling bauxite

Three persons were killed while protesting against mining operations in the tribal areas of Orissa

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Bauxite, Public Participation, Orissa (Odisha)

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