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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Antiretroviral therapy for refugees and internally displaced persons: A call for equity
Joshua Mendelsohn and colleagues discuss the moral, legal, and public health principles and recent evidence that strongly suggest that refugees and internally displaced people should have equal access
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37 dead, 6 missing in south China rainstorms
At least 37 people have died and six others remain missing after downpours hit provinces in south China, according to a statement from the China National Commission for Disaster Reduction on Monday. In
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New Zealand refuses climate change refugees – mass action is now needed
New Zealand’s court of appeal has refused refugee status to a family from Kiribati, a Pacific island which is quickly sinking beneath the sea No refugees please, we’re New Zealanders. That’s the message
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the construction of Garudeshwar Weir at Garudeshwar village of Narmada District, Gujarat, 09/05/2014
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lakhan Musafir & Anr Vs. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. dated 09/05/2014 regarding the construction of Garudeshwar
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Maheshwar 400 MW Hydro 3 Power Project constructed over Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, 08/05/2014
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Antarsingh Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding Maheshwar 400 MW Hydro 3 Power
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Growing mangrove forests to fight sea erosion
Villagers have seen how parts of Kendrapara district were saved during super cyclone For Niranjan Swain, a 62-year-old farmer of Badakota village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, growing crops is just as important as making a ritualistic patrolling around a 25-acre patch of land, where he and his fellow villagers are creating a mangrove forest – a bio-shield against sea erosion.
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Polavaram project faces several hurdles before completion
Submergence of villages, displacement of people, inter-State issues and court cases will be major hurdles in implementation of the multi-purpose Polavaram hydel project. The recent decision of the Union
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One killed, more than 1400 houses damaged in Agartala cyclone
Agartala: A tribal woman had died and at least 1450 houses damaged and unspecified number of people displaced from their homes due to a cyclone accompanied by hail storms in two districts of Tripura, official
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Watered down?: a review of social and environmental safeguards for large dam projects
Hydropower is back in the spotlight. Many large dams are now being built after a lull at the end of the last century. And some are being built in the name of climate change mitigation and adaptation. New
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The great land heist: how the world is paving the way for corporate land grabs
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/land1.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 164px; margin: 7px; float: left;" />For millions of people living in the world’s