Forests

 Cycle of change

A new development programme in Palamau in Bihar, a rich land with poor people, can set the pace for a reversal of fortune

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
Gopal K Kadekodi
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Forests, Poverty, Bihar, Sustainable Development
Health

 Dreams from six world's apart

The agonised voice of the Warli and Kokna tribes of Thane Maharashtra reach out to say, through Pradip Prabhu...

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
Pradip Prabhu
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Tribals, Maharashtra, Thane (D), Sustainable Development
India

 Mekong's miseries

A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
Noel Rajesh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Rivers, Dams, Asia, Sustainable Development
India

 Societies and sustainability

The two volumes are the result of the combined effort of CUSO***, a Canadian NGO, and environmentalists from Asia. The contributors share their experiences on a wide range of issues ranging from

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
Vinod K Sharma
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Asia, Sustainable Development
India

 Sage advice

Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
Leonissah Munjoma
Down to Earth
Tags:
Traditional Knowledge, Sustainable Development
India

 Greening up

UNEP goes Earthwide with an environmental agenda

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
UNEP, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Mystery of the Missing People

This book offers a collection of 39 papers on the various research activities of scientists of the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, (CAZRI), Jodhpur, working in Rajasthan's arid zone. The book

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Ganesh Pangare
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Deserts, Rajasthan, Sustainable Development
India

 Post-Rio progress

Is there a worldwide trend of sustained growth towards sustainable development?

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
UNICEF, Sustainable Development, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Agenda 21
Health

 Locking horns

The government and the NGOs of Bangladesh are engaged in a war of words over the relevance of their respective roles in the nation's development programmes. Finance minister Saifur Rehman's diatribe

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
NGO, Bangladesh, Sustainable Development
Economy

 UNITED STATES

On April 27, Elizateth Dowdeswell, UNEP's executive director, began the 3rd Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable - Development in New York on a strident note. "if we aspire to

Publication Date: 
30/05/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
UNEP, Sustainable Development

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