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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POSCO officials in Orissa kidnapped
orissa's rich mineral resources have turned the state into a veritable battleground. On May 11, 2007, three Pohang Steel Company (posco) officials were kidnapped in Govindpur village in
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Tripura tribals want Gumti Hydro Electric Project scrapped
The police recently blocked tribal people's protests in South Tripura district in Tripura over the Gumti Hydro-Electric Project commissioned in 1974. The tribal people want the project scrapped
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Locals in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, protest proposed thermal plant
entry of government officials in Chandan Nagar in Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh has been banned with effect from May 1, 2007. This comes after series of long-standing protests by people
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India's poorest people live in the richest areas Comments from the dialogue on mining organised by CSE
Forum to bridge a chasm deepened by breach of faith A piece of cartographic evidence of inequity is often repeated by social activists all over India. In this evidence, maps of forests, minerals,
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2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg
More than 300 destitute people of South Africa's Johannesburg city are currently facing eviction from their squats. The move is part of Johannesburg's inner-city regeneration programme ahead of the
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Harbouring doubts
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Public hearing for Posco project in Orissa inconclusive
kujang, Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa, April 15, 2007
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Concerns over Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project
construction on Gujarat's ambitious Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in Ahmedabad, restarted in the second week of March, 2007. The project had been stalled since August 2006, when heavy
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People, parks and poverty: Political ecology and biodiversity conservation
Action to conserve biodiversity, particularly through the creation of protected areas (PAs), is inherently political. Political ecology is a field of study that embraces the interactions between the way nature is understood and the politics and impacts of environmental action. This paper explores the political ecology of conservation, particularly the establishment of PAs.
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Protected areas and human displacement: A conservation perspective
Decisions that affect how people use land are among the most fraught that any enlightened society has to grapple with. Two claims that typically come out on the short end of the land-use debate are the claims of indigenous people and claims for non-human species.