World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Pakistan floods: why the fertile Indus river is so prone to flooding
New warnings have been issued in Pakistan as floods spread in the southern province of Sindh. Rising waters there have forced many thousands of people to flee, adding to the millions already needing emergency assistance. After broaching some of its embankments, the Indus river is now as wide as 28km in some places.
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E-ways may wipe off 23,000 villages in UP
<br />Lucknow: UP
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N C Saxena panel report for investigation into proposal by the Orissa mining co. for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri
<p><span id="itro1">This expert panel report on Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Orissa submitted to MoEF on August 16, 2010 says that the company must not given permission for this project as it has illegally occupied forest land andwill also threaten survival of local tribes. <br></span></p><p><br /><span id="itro1"></span></p><p><span id="itro1"></span></p>
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One metre sea level rise will affect 56mn worldwide: WB
PANJIM, AUG 14<br />The World Bank has feared that rise of one metre sea level across the globe can spell doom for many inhabitants and the impact would be felt by not less than 56 million people.<br />According to the survey conducted by the World Bank, people from East Asia and Pacific region would be affected by large with rise in sea level by one meter.
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Hydroelectric dams threat for tribals?
<br />Giant hydroelectric dams being built or planned n numerous countries, including India, for providing "green electricity," have a devastating impact on tribal people.<br />
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State response to Maoist violence in India: A critical assessment
Maoist violence is the consequence of increased atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (especially in the central tribal belt) and widespread tribal unrest due to commercialisation of forest resources.
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Resistance against Polavaram
A discussion of the resistance of the local tribal population against the construction of the Polavaram dam on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, the main feature of which is the involvement of various people
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Sustainable dam development in India: between global norms and local practices
This paper explores reforms in environmental and resettlement policies in India and the influence of domestic and external actors on the reform process. It also analyses the ways in which environment and resettlement policies have been implemented in a number of hydropower projects.
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Social impact assessment: report of a research project on social impact assessment of R&R policies and packages in India
<p>This report is the outcome of a research project by the Centre for Social Development (CSD) for the Department of Land Resources (DoLR). The National Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) policy, issued in 2007, recognizes the need to carry out Social Impact Assessment (SIA) as part of the resettlement planning and implementation processes.
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Serious damage - Tribal people's and large dams
<p>The report highlights the devastating impact on tribal people of a massive boom in dam-building for hydropower. Drawing on examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas, the report<a href="http://assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/373/Serious_Damage_final.pdf"></a> exposes the untold cost of obtaining