A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights. This is an average of more than four people a week. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last …
KOHIMA, Nov 12: Noted environmentalist and Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna has urged the Nagas to initiate a mass movement to stop exploitation of nature for materialistic development in the mountainous regions. Official sources said Bahuguna, who is on a
KOHIMA, Nov 10: A delegation of eminent citizens led by renowned environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award, has undertaken a campaign to sensitise people on the fragile ecology of the Himalayan region and the need to protect it. As part of this campaign, the delegation is planning …
-- N Kalyani is an environmental writer based in Delhi. kolu_poorni@yahoo.com Time magazine named Indian, wildlife documentary filmmaker Mike H Pandey as one of the eight Heroes of the Environment 2009. N Kalyani talks to the relentless conservationist His 2006-film, The Broken Wings -- Vanishing Vultures, on the large scale …
Siddharth Varadarajan Averting the tragedy of the atmospheric commons will require binding, equitable arrangements between countries, big and small. If only this year
Patralekha Chatterjee THINK OF a journalist on a dangerous assignment and the classic image that flashes in one's mind is the war reporter in the flak jacket dodging snipers' bullets. Big international names like Rageh Omar, Christiane Amanpour and our desi versions dripping glamour and star power. The arc of …
In a controversial move, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal for conversion of 1,412 hectare Nallamala reserve forest area into a memorial park in memory of late Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. Dr Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash on September 2 at Pavurallagutta …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi September 22, 2009, 0:55 IST While trying to revamp the environment ministry, he has ruffled more feathers with his non-stop flow of irreverent one-liners than Shashi Tharoor did with his 'holy cows' tweet. When we meet him, Jairam Ramesh is reading the first of the …
Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: Environmentalists are crying hoarse over extinction of vultures in the state. Experts say the population of the bird across India is 900. In Ahmedabad and nearby areas, it has been rapidly dwindling with less than 40 existing right now. The population stood at 200 just …
Indian environmentalism has been an important, even defining, element of a distinctly Southern brand of environmentalism. Largely rooted in local struggles over access to and control over resources, a stylized Southern environmentalism is closely connected to concerns over social justice and driven by subalterns rather rather than professionals? From this …
Residents of Pirna and Nadora in Bardez taluka on Sunday strongly protested against the proposed mining activities in the area. The meeting of the villagers was convened at Nadora on Sunday, where about 500 villagers strongly opposed the decision of Central Pollution Board to give clean chit to one mining …
KOCHI: It was their final attempt to protect the green canopy at Puthiyakavu near Pathalam in Eloor. The Paristhithi Samskarika Kootayma, an environmental movement in the state, approached the Forest Minister and the District Collector and submitted a petition against the decision to axe the trees on Friday. Following this …
Anil S KOCHI: At a time when the government is taking up various initiatives for protection of trees across the state, more than 500 trees are going to be felled soon as part of constructing a centre for unloading and packaging of containers in connection with the Vallarpadom Container Terminal …
Here is some ''green noise'' for a cause which, if taken cognizance by the Karnataka High Court, may give some breathing space to Bangaloreans. A coalition of City environmentalists of all hues
While the government continues to please the "aam aadmi" with its yearly budget, environmentalists are not so impressed and believe that the bigger picture might be different. Commenting on the "offers" that were mentioned by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the environment related issues, environmentalists not only expressed their disbelieve, …
