Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (August 19 – August 25)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (August 12 - August 18)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (August 5 – August 11)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 22 – July 28)

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Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh poorest in the country: Global report

About 76.5 per cent of the people in the district are poor

Victims of indebtedness

Book>> Those who did not die, by Ranjana Padhi, Sage, Rs 650

Nailed by a photo

Photo>>Protests • Belarus

Putting face to violence

Hoardings>> Neighbourhood violence • Venezuela

Place without persona

Names>> Places • Uzbekistan

Remains returned

Museum>> Aboriginal History • Australia

Africa’s poverty dip, a blip?

Extreme poverty decreased due to low food price, soon to be reversed due to high inflation  

The fall of the Aztecs: What lessons does it offer 500 years down the line

Down To Earth talks to historian Camilla Townsend about what the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs means, especially to indigenous people in Mexico …

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 9-15)

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Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong

As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in response to conservationists&…

Debate over domiciles

The announcement of a domicile policy by the Jharkhand government has triggered protests, and a debate on how to define natives of the land

Roots of the rut

Book>> Here on Earth: A New Beginning by Tim Flannery • Penguin • Rs 700  

Indigenous and tribal groups worry about loss of religious ethos over Uniform Civil Code

These communities worry the UCC will infringe on their constitutionally protected sociocultural practices and customary laws

Simply Put: Ageing India

Simply Put: ‘I’ for indigenous, ‘E’ for Extinct

Simply Put: Lightning strikes

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 14-21)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 29 – August 4)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 24 – June 30)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 10 - June 16)

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Afghanistan defamiliarised

Book>> Minorities • Afghanistan