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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OPDR opposes bauxite mining in tribal areas
Biodiversity will adversely affect, it says A fact–finding committee of the Organization for Protection of Democratic Rights (OPDR) has said that bauxite mining in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam
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Unless we act now: the impact of climate change on children
More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly exposed to the impacts of climate change, UNICEF
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Film on displacement and mining to be released next month
BHUBANESWAR: After two critically acclaimed films in a row ace film director Sabyasachi Mohapatra is ready with his latest feature film 'Pahada ra luha' (Tears of Mountain) to be released next month. Like
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Traditional land owner tells court Adani misled tribunal over mine's benefits
A traditional owner of the site of Australia’s largest proposed coalmine has alleged in court that Indian miner Adani misled a tribunal that cleared the way for the mine. Adrian Burragubba has asked
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Transfer project cannot meet China’s water needs
Better local water management is the way to keep pace with escalating demands, not pumping water across the country, warn Jon Barnett and colleagues.
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Mining, the aluminium industry and indigenous peoples: enhancing corporate respect for indigenous peoples’ rights
The report, Mining, the Aluminium Industry and Indigenous Peoples: Enhancing Corporate Respect for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, provides a global overview of the challenges facing indigenous peoples, and
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Ready for armed struggle against bauxite mining
Around 8,000 tribals, who would be directly affected by the proposed mining of bauxite in the 1212 hectares in Jerrila and Chintapalli Reserve Forests for which the government issued orders for diversion
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) work related to Maheshwar Dam, Madhya Pradesh, 28/10/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Antarsingh Patel & Anr.Vs. Union of India &Ors. dated 28/10/2015 regarding rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) work related to Maheshwar
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Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2015
<p>Achieving sustainable development is difficult in the Asia-Pacific region without addressing disaster risks says this report released by UNESCAP. It provides an overview of the state of disaster resilience in Asia-Pacific region and identifies emerging new risks in the region and the sectors that are most at risk</p>
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Climate alert for swamp tiger
More alert has been sounded for the Sunderbans tiger on the climate front. Of the 12 species that the National Geographic has highlighted in its current volume on climate change, the Sunderbans tiger