Brazil's sorrow
From homeland to terra incognita, the indigenous lands of Brazil have today fallen prey to a draconian decree
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Mount Abu notification sparks protests
mount Abu, in Sirohi district, Rajasthan was shut down from November 13 to 15. This was after the state's wildlife department issued a notification on October 4, 2006 declaring the area a wildlife
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Whose forest is it, anyway?
IN THE face of mounting public criticism of the Union ministry of environment and forests' draft Forest Bill, environment minister Kamal Nath's quick sidestep to dismiss the document as a "non-paper"
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India’s Climate Policy Dilemma
Is climate change a sustainable development or an environmental challenge? The statement by the Minister for Environment and Forests that the European Union’s aviation tax will be a “deal breaker” is
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Lunawa Environmental Improvement & Community Development Project
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Lunawa Environmental Improvement & Community Development Project</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/srilanka/lunawara_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>The Lunawa Environmental Improvement & Community Development Project (2003-10), was the first ‘test’ of Sri Lanka’s National Involuntary Resettlement Policy. Today it is touted as an innovative, pro-poor model for infrastructure projects in the developing world, especially relevant for the involuntary resettlement of people from densely populated urban areas.</p>
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Ek Ped Ek Zindagi: Dainik Bhaskar’s CSR initiative to drive behavioral change towards plantation and nurturing of saplings
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Sunpower is for free
A new plan to popularise solar photovoltaic products has recently been launched in India
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A disease on the rise
Asthma is extremely low in India s healthcare policy framework, especially for the poor
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Disarray
A tradition becomes residual
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Air pollution
Our cities and small towns are reeling under severe air pollution made worse by the government s muddled approach to air quality planning. Only a court directive and public outcry have recently compelled the government and industry to get their act togeth
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Performance pays
The poor of India know it when a political leader is earnest about their uplift. Exit polls do not
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THE KING OF SMALL THINGS
A civil engineer and a farmer, he knows the importance of the relationship between land and water. Small dams are his forte.
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How sustainable a partner?
Industry s role in managing the dwindling freshwater resources of the world was highlighted at the sixth session of the Commission for Sustainable Development at New York. But countries of the South are hesitant about treating a social resource as a
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Exhausting concerns
The automobile industry is worried about a proposed legislation that may soon make it mandatory for manufacturers to fit vehicles with catalytic convertors to control pollution levels
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Muck to moolah
A village based approach to wastewater management is ecologically sound and opens up a clear route to economic upliftment of the communities... one of the farmers
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Closed systems, open minds
The Centre for Science and Environment CSE has been doing research on health and environment in the public interest. But most government agencies, which are there to serve the people, not only refuse to share information but also create obstacl
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Death by starvation
About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.
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Land's end
THIS is the 6th in the World Resources series -- which provides information on environment and development -- and has a special focus on people and the environment. These chapters deal with natural
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Exhausting alternatives
The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that promotes the use of vehicles using alternate fuel
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Breaking the rural barrier
The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the people. But the attempt failed to take off because it did not involve the people.