Mining

 Rampant mining

Hits Nicobar tribals hard

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
Sanjib Kumar Roy
Down to Earth
Tags:
Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Mining, Tribals
Economy

 Empowered

Canadian tribe gets rights

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Canada, Economy, Tribals, Legislation
India

 How do we view the Bawaria community?

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tribals, Poverty, India, Rajasthan
Economy

 How should tribal owners profit from forest wealth?

The gross tribal produce of Bastar is in excess of Rs 1,000 crore a year. Tribals, owners of the minor forest produce in terms of the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, 1996 receive around 20 per cent of the value of their produce. 80 per

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
K S Ram
Down to Earth
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Minor Forest Produce, Economy, Tribals, Economic Development, India, Bastar
India

 Ragi is back but only as exotica

No body knows for sure how the ragi bandwagon started, but all of a sudden the urban elite became curious about the grain. Today, it is being minutely scrutinised by a few truth seekers while eateries make a beeline for its cuisine

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
E Vijayalakshmi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Rice, Millets, Nutrition, Health, Tribals, Religious Beliefs, India, Karnataka
India

 A success story

The 2003 monsoon could herald a great change in the socio economic landscape of village Birora Kheth in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Its 42 member fishery co operative set up and run by the village s Dhimar fisherfolk women is all set t

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Seeds, Tanks, Fisheries, Tribals, Women, Cooperatives, India, Madhya Pradesh
Forests

 Promised land

Kerala CM upbeat about forestland for tribals scheme

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Forest Act 1980, Tribals, Kerala
Biodiversity

 Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Islands, Andaman Islands, Tropical Forests, Forest Management, Endangered Species, Tribals, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Patents, Supreme Court
India

 Face death now

Some languages are murdered

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Tags:
Endangered Species, Tribals, Biodiversity, Research, Human Rights, Africa, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, India, Rajasthan, Statistics
India

 Life s data

Repositories of knowledge

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Endangered Species, Tribals, Biodiversity, Research, Human Rights, Africa, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, India, Rajasthan, Statistics

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