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 …
Sujatha Byravan and Sudhir Chella Rajan As the oceans warm and the glaciers melt, one of the definitive impacts of climate change will be a rise in sea levels. Scientists expect sea level rise (SLR) to the extent of one to several metres by the end of this century. Unfortunately, …
Life is grim for the tribals living in the reserve forest areas of the country, who face pressure from corrupt officials on one hand, and the environment lobby on the other.
Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
Over 75,000 houses were damaged with the impact of the tremors.A 50year-old woman was buried under the debris of a collapsed house and she later died At least one person was killed and over 400,000 people displaced when an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale shook southwest China
MANOJ ANAND The first wave of flood that hit the state on Thursday washed away the 100-metre stretch of the state-of-the art Matmora embankment. More than 2,00,000 people have been displaced and over 300 villages submerged in the past two days in Assam following flash floods, triggered by heavy monsoon …
This paper will consider the likely economic, social and cultural impacts on coastal communities by displacement due to climate change induced sea level rise. Additionally, it will take into account the secondary risks associated with uprooting and resettlement, particularly within the context of current policy and research frameworks that generally …
Developing nations in the Pacifi c are at the frontline of global climate change. Livelihoods and food and water sources that have sustained communities over generations are being threatened. People are losing land and being forced from their homes. Unless wealthy, developed countries like Australia and New Zealand take urgent …
Regardless of the new ban on the Maoists, as long as the Indian government remains better at talking about local-level welfare than doing anything about it, Naxalite rhetoric will continue to find fertile ground.
Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R;) of project affected families (PAFs) is one of the very important activities of large size water resources projects. The success of R&R; programme of such projects depends on sharing of information about PAFs and fast retrieval. This paper discusses the development of an information management system …
The Amazon River accounts for one-fifth of the world's freshwater flow, and its floodplain is home to 60% of the world's remaining tropical rainforests. The basin's diverse ecosystems support an unparalleled array of biodiversity, and provide home to tens of thousands of indigenous people. Yet the Brazilian government sees the …
Delhi eyes water from Himachal dam but without checking distribution losses in the city Fifty-year-old Jagir Singh Tomar is among the 700 families in Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh who would be affected by the proposed Renuka dam on Giri, a tributary of the Yamuna river. The project, via Haryana, …
Opposers were outside the public hearing, supporters inside a public hearing held in Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand has cleared expansion and lease renewal of the government-owned uranium mines amid accusations of manipulation. On May 26, the majority of the tribals present at the meeting said they wanted …
June 28: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has decided to tear up the ground in a process called open cast mining, to meet the voracious demand for coal. The decision could render 20,000 people homeless and affect 200 villages. The mines will also affect an estimated 3,000 hectares of forests. …
Dharamsala: The office of Deputy Commissioner, Relief and Rehabilitation, formed especially by the state government for the welfare of Pong Dam oustees, has failed to even maintain proper data about oustees. As per information gathered by The Tribune, the office has been giving ambiguous data regarding eligibility certificates issued to …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR Orissa The district administration had invited 17 active members, including office-bearers of the VVJM, for its meet at the Neelachal House Visthapan Virodhi Jan Manch (VVJM), a forum of tribals that has been leading agitation against displacement in Kalinga Nagar industrial estate, has renewed its call …
India, with its vast infrastructure in agricultural research and education, is best placed to usher in an era of hope in the lives of the Tamil farm and fisher families. The war has ended, but the struggle for economic survival is just beginning for the Tamil population of the Northern …
At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, Payal Parekh and her colleague Ann-Kathrin Schneider were deported. She spoke with Bharat Lal Seth What was your point at the World Water Forum We simply wanted to convey the destructiveness of dams. The World Water Forum was billed as a democratic …
