Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
The Kerala government on Friday informed the state High Court that at least 450 families living near the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam area would be evacuated to safer places soon. In a counter-affidavit, the government also said that a mock safety drill will be conducted near the dam area. The submission …
Bangladeshis in millions would be displaced due to global warming causing sea level rise by thermal expansion of the ocean waters and the melting of land- based ice. "Approximately 31 million people are likely to be migrated permanently from the southern part of Bangladesh within 21st century due to climate …
Millions of Pakistanis desperately need help 100 days after monsoon rains triggered major floods for a second year running with a "grave risk" of a public health crisis, aid groups warned Wednesday. The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), a network of the 41 largest international charities in the nuclear-armed Muslim country, …
The World Migration Report 2011 presents available evidence on public perceptions and attitudes regarding migration globally. It analyses the way in which they are shaped and how they can influence and be influenced by policy as well as the media. Furthermore, the media’s role in communicating opinions, reporting trends and …
The draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 7, 2011 is one of the most important legislations waiting for Parliamentary approval. In its present form, the bill is a major improvement over the archaic 1894 land law that has contributed …
Planned development of Dhaka is a must to combat climate change challenges, including rehabilitation of climate refugees, said ministers and experts at an international seminar in the city yesterday. They said local government bodies have a vital role to play in making urban development resilient to climate change impacts and …
Taking note of the rehabilitation issue of over 400 fishermen displaced by the Tarapur nuclear project, the Bombay High Court directed the Thane Collector to submit a report on a proposal of allocating agricultural land for the displaced families in Palghar. The proposal was given by BJP leader and former …
The Ministry of coal has urged the Orissa government to constitute specialized committees and build close collaboration with the district authorities to address various issues relating to coal mining projects. Emerging out of a meeting with the state Chief Secretary B K Patnaik here yesterday, Alok Perti, the coal secretary, …
Hundreds of Sudanese protested in the city of ad-Damir Sunday, demanding the government do more to help villagers whose homes were flooded by an electricity-generating dam, witnesses said. Witnesses said up to 1,200 protesters gathered outside a government office in ad-Damir, capital of River Nile state, to call on authorities …
The views of people facing displacement following the setting up of the Hinduja thermal power plant at Palavalasa, the compensation to be paid to them and other problems to be addressed will be submitted in a report to the government through the District Collector, Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu has said. …
The displaced and their advocates have been campaigning for a law that will limit the coercive power of the State in taking over land. The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 adopts some of the language and concerns from the sites of conflict. But by beginning with the premise …
This paper examines the effectiveness of additionality and sustainability criteria being applied to hydropower projects applying for carbon crediting under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It examine the conditions under which hydropower development decisions are commonly made, with a focus on China and India where the majority of …
MDCs opposed to National Land Acquisition Bill SHILLONG: KHNAM MDC Adelbert Nongrum has lambasted the State Government for not taking any action on the draft of the proposed National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011. The Union Ministry of Rural Development had sent a copy of the draft …
The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday. Resettlement is already occurring at the rate of some 10 million people a year, said the report's lead author, Alex …
Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are demanding more.
Under pressure: millions of people are moving to places that are more vulnerable to environmental disaster, including the Dharavi slum in Mumbai Tens of millions of people are moving to places that are more vulnerable to environmental disaster, particularly the urban flood plains of Asia and Africa, according to a …
Apart from destroying over 38,000 trees and affecting 1.26 lakh trees, as many as 50 families in Talain village will be displaced permanently by the controversial Lafarge cement plant being set up in the Alsindi-Ghanghar belt in Karsog subdivision in this district. The cement plant will spell doom for the …
23,000 acres of land has been identified adjoining Bisile forest range The information that the government is taking steps to relocate villagers to set up elephant corridor at Igur and Hongadahalli gram panchayat limits in the taluk has met with opposition and has taken a new twist by turning into …
After recognising the main reasons to be hopeful about the new Land Acquisition Bill, this commentary critiques two significant structural problems in the proposed legislation: first, the definition of “public purpose”, especially the “informed consent” provision that has been included; second, the price setting mechanism, especially the possibility of an …
