In Court
Justice prevails: The Supreme Court on March 15, 2005, ruled that states will have to allot alternative cultivable land to even those people who have been affected temporarily by the Sardar Sarovar
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Off the logs
Illegal logging has reached the hitherto uncontacted Jururei tribe in the Amazon forests of Brazil. The tribe has only eight to 10 members. It is the second "uncontacted' indigenous group in the area
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In Court
giving up?: Indonesia and US-based mining giant Newmont Mining Corp have agreed for an out of court settlement of the US $133 million civil suit filed by the country's environment ministry
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SNIPPETS
• Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, who met recently in Cambodia for their annual talks, failed to fix any concrete energy
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Another crisis walled
China is going to build another
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Fisherfolk kidnapped
The Patharghata Trawler Owners' Association (ptoa) in Bangladesh recently complained that pirates had kidnapped 98 fisherfolk from the Shala canal in the Sundarbans, along with their trawlers. The
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Potent sleuths
In Taiwan, citizens turn pollution detectives
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More public good
In a 368-page order, Justice S Radhakrishnan and Justice S C Dharmadhikari struck down the official interpretation of
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Rapu Rapu spill
The Filipino government has imposed a fine on a unit of Lafayette Mining Ltd, Australia, for two cyanide spills that contaminated the water system on Rapu-Rapu island. An initial fine of us $198,000
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Angling spat
For the third time in five years, negotiations on fishing between the European Union (eu) and Tanzania failed because of dissatisfaction with the conditions of the agreement. eu recently rejected
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Papua New Guinea cabinet votes against copper mine
A daily newspaper of Papua New Guinea recently said cabinet members voted to shut down a copper mine situated in the Star mountains. The mine is operated by Ok Tedi Mining Limited. This decision
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Gold mine spills cyanide in Ghana
Following two cyanide spills at the Bogoso-Prestea mines in western Ghana in less than two years, residents of the area and several organisations are now calling for a total audit of all operations
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New varieties will be freely available
How would your research benefit India and other south and Southeast Asian countries? Our team has introduced the submergence-tolerance trait into a rice variety (Swarna) that is already popular
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More oceanic dead zones
The number of oxygen-starved dead zones in the world's oceans has jumped by more than a third in just two years, notes a United Nations Environment Programme (unep) report. The report was recently
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Cabinet nod to joint parliamentary committee recommendations
the cabinet gave its nod to the amendments in the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 on December 7, 2006. It has decided to go along with the recommendations of the joint
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The Marriott's sea lounge
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Web Exclusive Court update Charges against GSPCB member secretary dropped
Goa In April 2007, the Bombay High Court dropped all proceedings against Amar K Vazirani, member secretary of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), accepting his explanation for the delay in
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Sharks bear brunt of seasonal fishing frenzy
Even as the Andaman and Nicobar coast is witnessing the June end whirl of shark fishing activity, the local administration and conservationists are at harpoons drawn. The row has intensified, with reports of over fishing by local fisherfolk and illegal tr
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Fantastic workers of the terrain
About 4,000 years ago, people in Lothal showed us how best to integrate land and water management practices
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Weak safeguard
New norms for water in soft drinks