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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Employment sought for SEZ displaced farmers
Nellore, Feb. 9: Industries have been asked to pay special attention to provide employment to displaced farmers or their wards under SEZs, apart from locals, to garner their support and avoid future problems.
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Medha Patkar slams elevated expressway project
CHENNAI: Renowned social activist Medha Patkar on Friday slammed the Tamil Nadu government
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SC assigns time to MoEF for filing affidavit on IS, Omkareshwar
The Supreme Court while hearing the case of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals in the Narmada valley has granted more time to MoEF for filing affidavit, while mentioned that the stay on Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal would continue.
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Erosion-hit villagers say no to shifting
KENDRAPARA: Villagers of Satabhaya and Kanhupur under Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district have opposed the recent decision of the State Government to shift them to nearby Bagapatia area.
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Dont mine us out of existence: bauxite mine and refinery devastate lives in India
<p>This new report by Amnesty International documents how an alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of Britain-based Vedanta Resources in Orissa is causing air and water pollution, that threatens the health of local people and their access to water. <br />
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Who will pay for Delhi's water?: a study of the socio-economic and environmental implications of the Renuka Dam Project
The key purpose of this document is to provide an assessment of impacts of Renuka dam from the point of view of those to be affected and analyze the issues in the frame-work of community rights, resource ownership, use and distribution. The role of the state and its policies in the dispossession of local communities, in the context of this project, has been critically reviewed.
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Gender, climate change and health
The draft discussion paper offers available information on the differential links between climate change and the health of women and men through the perspectives of direct and indirect health consequences, and the possible interaction of biological and social risk factors in determining these impacts.
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Shelter from the storm? Use and misuse of coastal vegetation bioshields for managing natural disasters
Vegetated coastal ecosystems provide goods and services to billions of people. In the aftermath of a series of recent natural disasters, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis, coastal vegetation has been widely promoted for the purpose of reducing the impact of large storm surges and tsunami.
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Reconstructing Haiti
THE horrors of Haiti
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Sardar Sarovar Project: The War of Attrition
<p>The Sardar Sarovar Dam reached a height of 121.92 m in 2006 and at this height the dam has enough water to generate most of the promised benefits - irrigation, drinking water, and electricity. However, currently only 30% of the targeted villages receive regular water supplies, less than 20% of the canal network has been constructed and power generation remains well below the generation capacity reached. Even as the dam construction nears completion, rehabilitation of several thousand families is poor or incomplete. This, for a project that has had clearly laid out legal mandates to alleviate human and environmental costs, and has been under continuous public scrutiny and Supreme Court monitoring.</p>