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Forest Encroachments
Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields
Issue Date: Apr 15, 1993
IMMEDIATELY after the monsoon, most of the paddy-fields in central Kerala are prepared -- not for cultivation, but for brick making! Brick-making has been gaining momentum during the last 15 years because it is easy money. From about one hectare of paddy-field leased from farmers, a brick manufacturer can rake in a whopping annual profit of more than two lakh rupees. And, because the brick manufacturer can afford to pay more, most of the women who used to work in paddy-fields have switched to the brick industry.
Unique opportunity for Kamal Nath
Issue Date: Jan 31, 1993
ALL OVER the country, there are tensions around national parks and sanctuaries. People living in and around these forests see them as the last remaining sources of biomass and depend on them heavily to meet their fuel and fodder needs. Grazing and other regulations imposed by wildlife managers have cut these people off from their biomass resources and this has led to numerous conflicts. Corruption is also rampant, which does not lead to good management of the nature parks and does not help the people living around them.
Monks battle to save forest
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1992
THAILAND'S war against communist insurgency ended early
