Fishing in troubled waters

People displaced by a dam on the Tawa, the Narmada's biggest tributary, charted their own rehabilitation through exemplary management of natural …

High and dry

Madhya Pradesh's amended rehabilitation policy may render dam-affected tribals of 14 villages landless

Big dams are bad news

Private companies investing in dams is bad news for the environment

MP government to net in fisherfolk's body

Natural disasters may displace 22 mn by 2019 end: Report

More than 10 million people have been displaced between January and June 2019 due to extreme weather events and conflict and violence 

Problems behind the pugmarks

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …

How a controversial dam tramples on rights of Canada’s indigenous Innu people

Across the world, many areas sacrificed for hydroelectric generation belong to indigenous or land-based peoples who either have to be moved or …

KOEL KARO

Farmers shrink, labourers swell

Displacement, lack of jobs main reasons behind increase in farm labour

Secret dam

People were not consulted, officials say they don’t know about it

We cannot turn the clock back

The need of the hour is to reconcile apparently irreconcilable interests

Damn not the oustees

The human tragedy that will unfold as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam has to be mitigated

23,700,000: That's how many people climate change forced out of their homes in 2021

Climate disasters led to 4.9 million internal displacements in India last year: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre    

A radical new order for living well

India is not in synch with G77's new declaration for development that is in harmony with nature and inclusive for all its peoples

Sudan, a country displaced

One of Africa’s largest and most populous countries is on the brink of famine after a year of war between its Army and main paramilitary

More than half of internal displacements are now triggered by disasters

Five countries, Pakistan, Philippines, China, India and Nigeria, bear a heavier burden

Simply Put: Climate change swing

Simply Put: Extreme weather

The cries within

Why are reproductive healthcare rights of displaced women not protected in India?

Refugee crisis: hard facts you must know

Thousands are fleeing war zone. Conflicts are causing mass displacement. The UNHCR report makes some stark revelations on the number of people …

One person is displaced every second by disasters

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their …

‘Europe has double standards when it comes to the Roma’

For centuries, the Roma (colloquially known as ‘Gypsies’) have been discriminated against in Europe, to which they migrated to from …

Telangana betrays its tribals

Compromises on Polavaram; agrees to exclude villages facing submergence from new state

Long road to justice

The new land acquisition bill promises much but has little to ensure delivery

Victory dance of the impotent

It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair