In April this year, Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra made history. One of its villages became the country’s first to win the right to sell and harvest bamboo. Down To Earth reports how India's largest paper manufacturing company Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents.
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/betrayal-bamboo
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/aparna-pallavi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ballarpur-industries
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chandrapur-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/naxalites
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/paper-and-pulp-industry
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
