Biodiversity

 Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco friendly Todas

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Tarun Chhabra
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Nilgiri, Cattle, Buffalo, Endangered Species, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Religious Beliefs, Flora, Biodiversity
India

 Dumping nuclear burden

Australia s move to return to aborigines land located on former nuclear test site draws flak

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Resources, Land Degradation, Health Effects, Tribals, Child Health, Nuclear Research, Governance, Australia, Toxins
Wildlife

 Cause for concern

Extract from the Draft Inhalation Dose Assessment for Remediated Land at Maralinga

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Resources, Land Degradation, Health Effects, Tribals, Child Health, Nuclear Research, Governance, Toxins
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
India

 Satellite Maps Forests

Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Degradation, Nicobar Islands, North East, Western Ghats, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tribals, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, India, Arunachal, Assam, Manipur
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

 Skewed solutions

The long awaited wildlife board meeting chalks out a strategy but grey areas remain

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Use, Forest Villages, Minor Forest Produce, Trade, Tribals, Wildlife, Poaching, Legislation, India
Industry

 Stir over project site

Steel plant plan opposed by villagers facing ouster

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Ownership, Habitat, Tribals, Industry, Chhattisgarh, Bastar

 Callous forest law

What is needed is to undertake liberalisation from the point of view of the poor. This is the message of Dewas

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, Timber Smuggling, Trees, Tribals, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Deforestation
Poverty

 Jungle rule

Bad land management practices have led to the creation of radical groups in Bihar

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Use, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Tribals, Conflicts, National Parks, Poverty, Governance, Bihar, Hazaribag

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