Climate Change

 Of forests and wealth

The Supreme Court has sug gested that the forested states, which lose revenue because of the ban on felling of trees should be compensated for keeping their forests intact. Protection of the

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Sunita Narain
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Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Forest Products, Wood, Tribals, Compensation, Biodiversity, Finance, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh
Industry

 Disincentive for defaulters

Proposal to tax erring industrialists for CETPs in Delhi

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Water Treatment Technology, Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, Delhi
India

 Unceremoniously dumped

Assam s evicted encroachers show legal proof of residence

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Nava Thakuria, Lian Chawii
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Land Encroachments, Waterlogging, Rehabilitation, Electricity, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Assam
Environment

 Sweeping reforms

In response to a writ petition, Nepal's supreme court has asked the government to keep the capital city of Kathmandu free of garbage. Recently, the court issued a directive to ensure healthy

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Supreme Court, Nepal
Climate Change

 Living on the edge

They say the eye of the storm is calm. This is what I found when I visited the epicentre of war tensions in India, the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. This was a week when foreigners were

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Environment, Deforestation, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Supreme Court, War, Lake Pollution
India

 NO GARBAGE ZONE

The biggest garbage dump in Mumbai will be closed now, courtesy the Supreme Court. Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the resident welfare association of Chincholi Bunder area

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Vermiculture, Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Garbage, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Mumbai
India

 No respite for Taj

despite the closure of polluting units

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Monuments, Legislation, Supreme Court, India
India

 Environmentally unsound

Union budget 2002 03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Agriculture, CNG, Diesel, Finance, Exports, Legislation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Statistics
India

 Chipping away

Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun s rays couldn t penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region from darkness unto light. And tribal communities are being made the scapegoats

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Kazimuddin Ahmed
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Reforms, Shifting Cultivation, Mining, Forest Villages, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Endangered Species, Tribals, Conflicts, Supreme Court, Governance, Panchayats, India, Jharkhand
India

 Cotton conundrum

The fiery issue revolving Bt Cotton has little to do with farming and more with politicking

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Pesticides, Cotton, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab

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