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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Dam standards: a rights-based approach
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices
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Dam standards: a rights-based approach
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices
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Flood displaces over 18,000 in Indonesia
Over 18,000 people in western Indonesia have had to leave their homes after two rivers burst their banks and flooded thousands of houses, an official said today. More than 4,500 houses and 500 shops in
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Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014
These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014. They extend to the whole
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Govt to Revisit Western Ghats Report
Moily to write to CMs of six states to examine recommendations of Kasturirangan panel report In one of his first acts as environment minister, Veerappa Moily is revisiting the Kasturirangan working groups’s report on the Western Ghats, which provided the blue print for conserving the bio-diversity rich region.
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Residents express concern over land acquisition for bypass
Survey for construction of Mannuthy-Amala Bypass begins The protest against land acquisition for Mannuthy-Amala Bypass has gained momentum with the beginning of the survey for construction work here. The survey of the road, to be constructed with the help of the World Bank, has been started recently. The survey is expected to finish in two weeks.
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Thousands displaced in flood-ravaged Indonesia
The number of evacuee rose to 3, 929 people on Monday from 810 people last week as widespread flooding has submerged several areas in Purworejo district of Central Java since Thursday, official said here.
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Gazette Notification for Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
Gazette Notification for Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Act shall come into force from 1st January, 2014. See also
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Planned for urban needs, 12 dams to hit tribals hard
22,000 Hectares To Get Drowned Mumbai: A dozen dams planned to provide water in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will affect at least a lakh tribal people and submerge more than 22,000 hectares of land.
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Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Unjustified Projects – Better options exist
Draft report: Multiple Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Unjustified projects, when better options exist. About 12 dams are planned or are under construction to satisfy