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CSE
Stressed woods
Issue Date: Dec 31, 1995
SANTOSH MOHANTY: Social Research Development Council, Mayurbhanj
BABA PANSARE: Parivartan Prabodhini, Pune
AVDESH KAUSHAL: Rural Entitlement Litigation Kendra, Dehradun
ALLAN WARNER: independant researcher, Dehradun
SUNITA NARAIN: Deputy Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
NALIN JENA: Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi
FARHAD VANIA: research scholar, Coirnbatore
For the people
Issue Date: Dec 31, 1995
WITH problems mounting around the
issue of conservation of national parks
and sanctuaries, the present state of
India's wildlife and protected areas (PA)
is in Jeopardy. In most of the cases, the
malady has been identified as the largely
unscientific and anti-people approaches
adopted in dealing with the management of these regions. The Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE), New
Delhi, strongly believes that India needs
Paper chase
Issue Date: Aug 31, 1995
WALTER FERNANDES: Indian Social Institute, New Delhi
RAJIV BUDDHIRAJA: Secretary, Indian Paper Makers' Association
RAJ CHAURASIA: General Manager, Ballarpur Industries Ltd., in-charge of raw materials co-ordination
PIARELAL: Vice-president, (Plantations), iTc Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd; also, chairperson of the Raw Materials Subcommittee of the Indian Paper Makers'Association
UDAYAN BANERJEE: Chiefforestry Advisor, Titagarh Paper mills
Planting trouble
Issue Date: Aug 15, 1995
No, no and no again. At a meeting organised by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (cse) on July 7, environmentalists firmly rejected the proposal of the ministry of environment and forests (mef) to virtually lease out degraded forest lands to industry for captive plantations.
Paper capers
Issue Date: Jul 31, 1995
THE Union Cabinet is masticating over a proposal to allow the Indian paper industry to maintain plantations on degraded forests in India. The process is expected to accelerate although several Union ministers have reservations about anticipated protests by ngos and forest-based communities, especially in view of the Parliamentary elections due in 10 months.
Community enterprise unlimited
Issue Date: Mar 15, 1994
Environmental management invariably raises complex and difficult issues. Economists usually tend to differ with environmentalists. While economists tend to look at the short-term, environmentalists emphasise the long-term. While growth and prosperity are important for the former, balance and harmony are the guiding principles for the latter. But the twain must meet. Sustained use of natural resources is not possible without an appropriate economic framework.
The economics of empowerment
Issue Date: Mar 15, 1994
"For a long time now, we have been calculating the number of people below and above the poverty line. And, these numbers have become a hot political issue. But the important thing is to eradicate hunger. This can be done by identifying the critical areas of poverty and helping the local people to manage their resource base. Several projects show that good watershed management brings high rates of return."
Organic farming is the answer
Issue Date: Feb 15, 1994
FARMERS and agencies in many parts of the country are experimenting with organic farming-using natural products such as manure - because it is ecofriendly and because such farm products are gaining in popularity. But there is a dearth of literature on organic farming.
The Centre for Science and Environment, involved in creating awareness on environmental issues, has brought out Green Fanning, a directory of individuals and organisations involved in organic farming in India.
Telling children how not to go the dodo way
Issue Date: Dec 31, 1993
ANY ATTEMPT at promoting awareness of the interdependence of humans and the environment is a welcome step. This is especially true of the need to tell children about the harm that has been done to the once-good earth by generations of Homo sapiens -- the only species that is mentally and physically equipped to either destroy or save it.
An ardent activist passes away
Issue Date: Dec 31, 1993
With the demise of Sunil K Roy, often described as "a soldier, diplomat, administrator and environmentalist, all in one", environment has lost one of its best friends. Starting his career in the army and later, the foreign service, Roy was appointed director general of tourism by former prime minister Indira Gandhi in the early 1970s, initiating a life-long devotion to the environment.
