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Forest-tenure reform ‘too slow’

A lack of progress in forest-tenure reform is hindering action to stop deforestation and alleviate poverty among some of the world's poorest rural peoples. The failure to ensure land rights for local communities-particularly indigenous peoples and women-in the forests of Central and West Africa will impede efforts to stop deforestation.

Date:: Apr 2010
Source:: ITTO Tropical Forest Update Vol: 19 Issue: 2 pp: 3
Attachments:: Forest tenure.pdf

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Erosion posing major threat to State

Revenue Minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman today admitted in the State Assembly that erosion has become a far more dangerous problem than floods and the efforts made so far to deal with the problem failed to yield the desired results.

Date:: 10/03/2010
Source:: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

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Now, Posco faces Church heat

Catholic Church Joins Villagers In Opposing Rs 50,000-Cr Plant In Orissa
Nageshwar Patnaik BHUBANESWAR

AFTER Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources, now it is Korea’s Posco that is facing the heat from the Catholic Church, which has declared to stand by the villagers opposed to the setting up of the Rs 50,000 crore mega steel venture near Paradip in Orissa.

Date:: 10/03/2010
Source:: Economic Times (New Delhi)

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Reality check: UN shows shocking gender disparity

India has the maximum number of women dying in the Asia-Pacific region because of discriminatory treatment in access to health and nutrition and sex-selective abortion, according to a report prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that reveals shocking levels of gender disparity in the country.

Date:: 09/03/2010
Source:: Indian Express (New Delhi)

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Pune’s headcount: census to kick off from May 1

Pune The National Housing Census and National Population Register drive in Pune district will begin on May 1. This is the seventh population census to be undertaken by 2011.

Date:: 09/03/2010
Source:: Indian Express (Mumbai)

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One crusader does what a govt couldn’t

Braving Tribal Attack & Maoist Threat, Jharkhand Activist Curbs Mass Animal Slaughter During A Festival & Forest Erosion
Sonali Das | TNN

Date:: 08/03/2010
Source:: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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No country for landed women

Women, it is said, hold up half the sky. Forget the sky. In India, women most often don’t even own the land they toil on all their lives. Women comprise barely 11% of landholders in the country. Yet, they constitute almost a third of the agricultural labour force and about 72% of employed women are in the agricultural sector.