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FeaturesThe mirage of environment protection
Do initiatives like NDTV Greenathon, which encouraged viewers to donate solar lanterns to villages without electricity, really help the environmental cause? Do they question the inequitable distribution of resources between big industry/urban consumers and rural India? More... Pachyderm panic in AssamRampant habitat destruction has forced Assam’s elephants into close contact with humans. It is now all-out war between hungry elephants and angry tea estate workers. And still the forest department, the tea authorities and the district administration keep passing the buck More... ‘We must recognise a new type of crime: that which is committed against future generations’Bianca Jagger, former wife of rockstar Mick Jagger, is a campaigner for the rights of indigenous peoples, including the Dongria-Kondh in Orissa who are protesting Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mines in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa. Jagger tells Infochange about the campaign that has led the Church of England and others to withdraw their investment on ethical grounds More... Waging a green warFormer Bodo militants have surrendered their guns but are still at war – against poachers and the timber mafia that are destroying the Subankhata Reserve Forest in Assam’s Baksha district More... ‘The world cannot wait for USA and China to announce emission-cuts’: Gro Harlem BrundtlandAn interview with Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and one of the earliest leaders to focus on global warming More... The white tiger mysteryThe sighting of a white tiger in Madhya Pradesh created a buzz in conservation and media circles recently. Ashish Kothari is the only one who has got the inside story More... ‘I was not going to Copenhagen to save humanity but to protect India's right to development’Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh talks to Diva Arora about the role of BASIC countries in the Copenhagen summit, the challenges of ‘green’ growth and why it’s important for India to engage positively with China More... Sanitation in the time of floodsWhen the annual floods come, Salma Begum puts her bed on an elevated platform and the family cooks, eats, and sleeps on the bed. Finding a place to answer nature’s call involves drifting in a raft until she finds a dry place, and the polluted flood waters are the only source of drinking water and bathing. This, at a time when India has launched a Total Sanitation Campaign that aims to eradicate open defecation by the end of 2010 More... Proud Mothers of Sri LankaFive years after it was devastated by the tsunami, the fishing village of Mahaskaduwa in Kalutara district of Sri Lanka is back on its feet. The Proud Mothers women’s collective has swept the garbage off the streets, provided a livelihood for the villagers and improved health and sanitary conditions More... |
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