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Fisherfolk
Riot turn
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2006
the recent Gangavaram police firing on agitating fisherfolk has put the two-year-old Congress led Andhra Pradesh (ap) government in trouble, particularly with the bypoll to the Visakhapatnam assembly seat round the corner. One died and 45 others sustained serious injuries in the firing on March 27, 2006, at Gangavaram in Visakhapatnam district of ap.
Wellbeing in Venice
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2005
I had just finished a presentation to a gathering of Venetian academics on the time-tested water storage systems of Rajasthan. During refreshments, while some wondered at what went into making such elaborate water systems, I asked: how was water managed before pipelines came to Venice about a 100 years ago? The city sits on a lagoon. There are similarities with, say, Jaisalmer, located in the middle of a sea of sand.
Tactless fisherfolk 'pactless'
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2005
Another worthy cause has been lost to the number game. Almost 15 million fishworkers of the world suffered a blow when the 93rd annual conference of the International Labour Organisation (ilo) did not adopt a proposed Work in Fishing Convention (wfc) for the lack of a single vote that could have fulfilled the required quorum.
Amicably settled
Issue Date: May 31, 2005
A long-standing dispute over losses faced by Malaysian fisherfolk due to land reclamation activities by Singapore near the international waterway dividing the two nations has ended. In a deal struck on April 26, 2005, Singapore agreed to pay us$98,410 to Malaysia as compensation for the fisherfolk; the compensation for each individual has been fixed at us$1,369.
We did our bit
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2005
District hospital, Nagapattinam is just two kilometres (km) from the Bay of Bengal. On December 26, 2004, when the tsunami struck, the hospital's paediatric ward was swept away; there were no survivors. This hospital was our first call as volunteers in relief operations coordinated by the Chennai-based non-governmental organisation, Suyam: we were greeted by a thick muck carpet. It was January 2, 2005.
'Don't fish': a global call
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2005
Britain's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has issued an alarm, saying the marine ecosystem around the world is on the verge of collapse. In its recent report Turning the Tide , it has called for declaring one-third of the world's oceans protected areas to stop fish slaughter.
High & dry?
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2004
Major flare-up
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2003
Multinational oil giants Chevron Texaco Oil Company, Shell and Total Fina Elf have shut down operations in Nigeria's trouble-torn southern Delta region. The companies estimate that the disruptions have reduced Nigeria's daily oil output by about 30 per cent. The country is the world's sixth largest oil exporter.
GPS to aid fishing
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2003
perception, experience and luck -- these are the three elements used by our fisherfolk to ensure a successful catch. Now they have a new aid -- the Global Positioning System (gps). During the recently held Indian National Science Congress, the need to introduce the system across the country was highlighted. However, its viability is a subject of a raging controversy.
Fishworkers' union calls off stir after meeting PM
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2002
after a series of agitations demanding the protection of rights of the traditional fisherfolk community of India, the National Fishworkers' Forum (nff) has finally been assured by Prime Minister (pm) Atal Bihari Vajpayee that its demands will soon be looked into.
