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  • India should follow China to find a way out of the woods on saving forest people

    CHINA, 2016/07/23 There was a time at the same time as the area leading up to the village of Usku Dadjo in the national of Jharkhand, east India, was dense forest. But because residents did not have the right to manage their land, the forest was steadily degraded by outsiders. Presently, only sand and scrub remain. Last year, the community started to reclaim traditional lands using India’s groundbreaking 2006 Forest Rights Act. While the community has not from presently on received any response from the government, residents have put up signs asserting their right to the land. The struggle of communities like Usku Dadjo is linked to world efforts to conserve forests, reduce poverty and achieve development with dignity for marginalised people.
  • No Winners Or Losers: PM Modi On Paris Deal

    INDIA, 2015/12/14 World leaders on Sunday welcomed the climate transaction to limit world warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming the landmark climate change transaction reached in Paris on Saturday as the victory of "climate justice". The agreement demonstrates the collective wisdom of world leaders as there are no winners or losers in the outcome, Modi said. "Climate justice has won and we are all working towards a greener next," the Prime Minister tweeted.
  • Climate change sparks tension in India’s tea gardens

    INDIA, 2015/05/07 Usha Ghatowar smiles wryly when asked about the pay she earns picking leaves at a colonial-era tea garden in Assam. “Do you think Rs.3,000 are enough when your monthly expenses can be double that?” she mumbles, as she puts on her “jaapi” hat of woven bamboo and palm leaves and takes a sip of tea from a steel mug. As the women workers around Ghatowar nod in agreement the heavens open — it has started raining heavily in recent days after three largely dry months.
  • India evacuated half a million people as massive Cyclone Phailin

    INDIA, 2013/10/13 ndia evacuated half a million people as massive Cyclone Phailin closed in on the impoverished east coast Saturday, with winds by presently uprooting trees and tearing into flimsy homes. The storm packed gusts of up to 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour) as it churned over the Bay of Bengal, making it potentially the majority powerful cyclone to hit the area since 1999, at the same time as additional than 8,000 died, the Indian weather office said. “The very severe cyclonic storm Phailin is moving menacingly towards the coast,” appropriate relief commissioner for the national of Orissa, Pradipta Mohapatra told AFP.
  • Bangladeshi migration to India

    BANGLADESH, 2013/03/29 UN projections indicate that a sea level rise of 0.5 metres could see Bangladesh lose approximately 11 % of its land by 2050, which would affect around 15 million people.