Industry

 People power

Kerala launches a movement of the people, by the people, for the people. Whether the movement will stand the test of time is yet to be seen, but enough is taking place in the state now to be optimistic about the future

Publication Date: 
14/06/1998
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Public Participation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Popular Movements, Politics, Kerala
India

 Deep in the Woods

When it comes to management of forests in the US, the timber industry and environmentalists have traditionally been at loggerheads. Whoever wins, the losers are generally the people from communities living near the forests. Urvashi Narain c> an

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
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Forest Management, Timber Industry, Politics, United States Of America (US)
Forests

 Troubled history

Local communities have always been stuck in no man s land in the US

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
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Forest Management, Timber Industry, Politics, United States Of America (US)
India

 Community efforts

In which the people of Quincy got their act together

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
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Forest Management, Timber Industry, Politics, United States Of America (US)
India

 Has anything changed?

Quincy remains an exception. The old story continues at the national level

Publication Date: 
30/03/1998
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Forest Management, Timber Industry, Politics, United States Of America (US)
Agriculture

 On air

Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister s office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles

Publication Date: 
14/03/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Politics, Delhi
Water Resources

Political conflict in Bangladesh

Ever since the inception of Bangladesh in 1972 its politics have been featured by several types of seemingly endemic conflict, some of which have been associated with either periodic outbursts of violence or prolonged relatively low-key armed confrontations.

Publication Date: 
01/01/1998
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Ethnic Studies Report
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Tags:
Rivers, Water Disputes, India, Bangladesh, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Politics, Hoogly, Farakka Barrage, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Hydrology, River Basin, Water Management, Conflicts, Poverty, Economy
Environment

 Perils of incompetence

Publication Date: 
29/09/1997
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Environment, Global, Politics
People

 Trash politics

chungli , an industrial city of 300,000 people in Taoyan county, about 60 km from capital Taipei, is witnessing a poli-tical war over garbage. : great wall of trash' has been rising up in the city

Publication Date: 
30/07/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Garbage, Politics
India

 Cycling crusade

The cycling junkets of the chief minister (CM) of Delhi, Sahib Singh Verma, came to a breaking halt with the sudden turn of events at the Centre. The CM has been pedalling hard on his bicycle to push

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cycles, Politics, Delhi

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