Poverty

 Burdensome load

Laid off tea workers fall back on forests in West Bengal

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
Debasis Sarkar
Down to Earth
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Tea, Agricultural Labourers, Poverty, Unemployment, West Bengal, Darjiling
Wildlife

 The turtle and the shrimp

Rapping the US on the knuckles for banning shrimp imports from developing countries was only a technical exercise by the WTO

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife
Wildlife

 Fishing for trouble

A fight over pickerel catch in Ontario turned into a bitter wrangle when the US started stretching every trade rule in the book

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife
Wildlife

 No Go

The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US Europe rift

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife
Wildlife

 Allegations of being sidelined

Delegates were particularly unhappy with the secrecy maintained by the host nation USA

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife
Wildlife

 Hormone beef or not

Public perception of health and safety standards mean more than money

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife
Wildlife

 A question of survival

Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of Shahtoosh shawls threaten the livelihood of thousands of people in Kashmir

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Hides And Skins, Artisans, Wildlife, Antelope, Unemployment, Jammu & Kashmir
India

 Industrial blackmail!

Having done precious little to clean up its polluting act in the past 30 years, a Kerala factory is indirectly blackmailing the state government with a closure notice if it does not get raw material at dirt cheap rates

Publication Date: 
29/09/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Paper and Pulp Industry, Forest Policy, Wood, Occupational Health, Unemployment, Grasim Industries, Governance, Kerala
Health

 Clinton proposes talks on jobs

Burdened by rising joblessness, US President Bill Clinton wants world leaders to meet to find a solution to the vexing problem

Publication Date: 
30/08/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health, Economic Development, Unemployment, Electronics Industry, Education, United States Of America (US)
Industry

 Change in immigration rules flayed

A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short listed vocations has come under fire

Publication Date: 
14/08/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Workers, Unemployment, Industry, Scientists, United States Of America (US), Computers

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