Orissa (Odisha)

Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the natural habitat of such endangered species as the black buck

Publication Date:

29/09/1993

Author(s): Kanti Kumar

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Coastal Erosion, Beaches, Afforestation, Tourism, India, Orissa (Odisha), Hotels

India

Preserving a crumbling fragment of history

The king of Khurda started conservation work on the 750 year old Sun Temple in Konark in 1793, but the main porch is still in a dilapidated state

Publication Date:

29/09/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Coastal Erosion, Beaches, Afforestation, Tourism, India, Orissa (Odisha), Hotels

India

Death by starvation

About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Author(s): Amit Mitra, Kanti Kumar

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Starvation, Deforestation, Drought, Tribals, Poverty, India, Bihar, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Every big cat leaves its unmistakable mark

Modern hi tech methods notwithstanding, the traditional technique of counting tigers from pugmarks remains the most efficient.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Author(s): L A K Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Tiger, Simlipal NP, Tiger Reserves, India, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Selling children to save them

Although 16 cases of children being sold have been reported, the Orissa government refuses to even acknowledge the problem.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Starvation, Deforestation, Drought, Tribals, Poverty, India, Bihar, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Chilika rights

Chief minister Biju Patnaik's attempt to wriggle off the Chilika prawn project hook has left him impaled even more firmly. The onus of proving the Chilika Aquatic Farm Ltd (CAFL) project is

Publication Date:

29/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Chilka, Crustaceans, Fish, India, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Saving forests for Posterity

Community based systems in Orissa ore effectively managing local forest resources, but they need support to overcome the conflicts and contradictions that arise.

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Author(s): Neera M Singh, Kundan K Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930415

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Management, Rural Habitat, Tribals, India, Orissa (Odisha)

India

A model of sustainable protection

Unlike in some other villages, Lapanga's forest management does not bar grazing

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930415

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Management, Rural Habitat, Tribals, India, Orissa (Odisha)

Mining

Environmental hitches

The end of 1992 saw advocates of development-at-any-cost increasingly impatient with the Union ministry for environment and forests (MEF), whom they accused of blocking development projects worth

Publication Date:

30/01/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Mining, Fertiliser Industry, Bihar, Gujarat, Orissa (Odisha)

India