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November 2007
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30.11.2007
More...Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Education] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Food] [Intermediate technology] [International cooperation] [Labour] [Population] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Tourism] [Transport] [Volunteering] [Youth] [Environment] [Animals] [Atmosphere] [Climate change] [Conservation] [Environmental activism] [Forests] [Oceans] [Pollution] [Renewable energy] [Rivers] [Soils] [Health] [Disease] [Infant mortality] [Malaria] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Gender] [Indigenous rights] [Sexuality] [Culture] [ICT] [Media] [Globalisation] [Governance] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] Image: Waves of Change
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22.11.2007
Paying farmers for environmental services in developing countries can go a long way in mitigating effects of climate change, while also benefiting the billion plus poor who depend on farming for livelihood, claims a recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Environment] [Climate change] [Environmental activism] [United Nations] Image: More than a billion farmers can benefit from payment programs for environmental services
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19.11.2007
There is nothing official about it. Yet, the ban on grazing imposed by local farmers in some villages of Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra has led to remarkable results.
more...From: OneWorld South Asia Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Conservation] Image: Whose grass is it anyway?
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15.11.2007
Forced to flee from their homes, the villagers of Nandigram now only want to be left in peace. The recent upsurge of political violence in this East Midnapore area in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal uprooted thousands now living in relief camps.
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15.11.2007
More...Related topics/regions: [India] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Youth] [Economy] [Environment] [Health] [Disease] Image: living service
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13.11.2007
Uneasy calm prevails in Nandigram area of West Bengal in India after the ruling party cadres take control. Protests were witnessed in Delhi over the handling of situation by the state government.
more...From: OneWorld South Asia Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Politics] [Activism] [Civil society] [Conflict] Image: Medha Patkar and others protesting in Kolkata: Photo credit / The Hindu
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13.11.2007
Human rights body Amnesty International has expressed concern at the recent political violence and displacement of hundreds of local inhabitants in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The governments’s decision to set up an industrial chemical hub in Nandigram had sparked protests from local communities fearing loss of livelihoods.
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13.11.2007
One month after a new national policy on resettlement and rehabilitation was announced, the Indian government has to still make it public. In his scathing critique, Shripad Dharmadhikary, a coordinator of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, finds many limitations and loopholes in the policy, saying that big industries and developers stand to benefit more than the affected people.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Development] [Emergency relief] [Shelter & housing] [Human rights] [Democracy] Image: If anybody, it's me who needs to be resettled. ©
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06.11.2007
South Asian countries rely heavily on rainwater for irrigation. But with the employment of ‘zero tillage’ technique, the irrigation demand for rice and wheat farming has substantially come down.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Conservation] [Soils] Image: Wheat requires less irrigation with zero tillage method
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02.11.2007
In the Indian state of Punjab, the natural farmers’ movement, Kheti Virasat Mission, is trying to rejuvenate land that has lost its fertility due to decades of chemical intensive farming.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Conservation] Image: A natural farming workshop
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