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A monthly Review of clippings on Critical Issues & Concerns for NGOs, Activists
and others concerned with Justice & Social Change
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FOREST & PEOPLE
September 2008	Onus on govt to prove forests for animals only, Padmaparna Ghosh, MINT, Mumbai, 11 Sep 2008 Of wildlife, forest-dwellers and tribals, Mohan Alembath, The Hindu, Chennai, 07 Sep 2008 Forest clearance made sulabh, -Kanchi Kohli & Manju Menon, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 14 Sep 2008 Bling bling for tigers, Sumana Narayanan, Down to Earth, Magazine, 01 Sep 2008 The untold story of displacement in the North-East, Himanshu Thakkar, DNA, Mumbai, 07 Sep 2008
August 2008	Value of deforestation?, Siddhartha Krishnan and Seema Purushothaman, Down To Earth Magazine, 01 Aug 2008 SC okays Posco, Sterlite projects with riders, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 09 Aug 2008 SC verdict: Anti-Posco protesters to squat on forest land, Dillip Satapathy, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 13 Aug 2008 Tribals may not swap hill for Rs 10 crore, Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 09 Aug 2008 Green hill or black pit?, Parvinder Singh, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Aug 2008 Tigers in, people out, Aparna Pallavi, Down To Earth Magazine, 01 Aug 2008 Mining has spelt ecological disaster, Praveen Bhargav, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 17 Aug 2008 Up for sale: India's green cover and everything underneath, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 11 Aug 2008
July 2008	Displacing tribals by Pankaj Sekhsaria, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 18 Jul 2008 State inaction, by Savvy Soumya Misra, Down to Dearth Magazine, 01 Jul 2008 Fresh tremor, by Ranjan Panda, Down to Earth Magazine, 01 Jul 2008
April 2008	PIL filed on Forest Rights Act, Rashme Sehgal, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 06 Apr 2008 `There isn`t enough forest land to give to tribals`, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 01 Apr 2008 Orissa wants a quick job: 55,000 villages asked to elect forest committees in 2 days, Bishnu Dash, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 01 Apr 2008 Forest panels set up without elections, R Krishna Das, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008 In Karnataka`s forests, govt paradrops forest committee, Aravind Gowda, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 03 Apr 2008
March 2008	Forest dwellers Act faces vet more legal opposition , Padmaparna Ghosh, MINT, Mumbai 21 Mar 2008, Notice to Centre, States on Forest Act , The Hindu, Chennai, 29 Mar 2008, Targeting tribes , Dionne Bunsha, Frontline Magazine, 14 Mar 2008 No return of the native , Ravleen Kaur, Down to Earth Magazine, 15 Mar 2008 From conflict to co-existence , Ashish Kothari and Sujatha Padmanabhan, The Hindu, Chennai, 23 Mar 2008 Community fights state over control over forests in Manipur , Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 21 Mar 2008 Encroachment forces wild animals to enter human habitations , S S Chary, The New Indian Express, 26 Mar 2008
January 2008	Forest Act comes into force, green activists cry foul,The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 02 Jan 2008 A prickly ACT, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 12 Jan 2008 Tiger reserves to be kept out of Forest Rights Act ambit , The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 12 Jan 2008 Tiger trouble-balancing, Down to Earth Magazine, 31 Jan 2008 Forest dwellers have to produce , The Business Standard, Mumbai, 03 Jan 2008 It is misinformation, Down to Earth Magazine, 31 Jan 2008 Debate on Forest Rights Act, InfoChange News & Features, January 2008
December 2007	'Tribal act is New Year's gift for people, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 18 Dec 2007 Lumberjack's Law, Debarshi Dasgupta, Outlook Magazine, 17 Dec 2007 Fundamental flaws, Praveen Bhargav, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 20 Dec 2007 Activists get ahead with new forest law, Rajesh Agarwal, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Dec 2007 Govt clips wings of forest panel, Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India, Mumbai, 28 Dec 2007
November 2007	Forest act not notified,Sonal Kellogg, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 03 Nov 2007 Support group wants notification,The Asian Age, Mumbai, 21 Nov 2007 Govt plans to increase green cover, Mahendra Kumar Singh Nitin Sethi, The Times Of India, Mumbai, 10 Nov 2007 Forest activists' dharna in 4th day,The Asian Age, Mumbai, 27 Nov 2007
October 2007	Forest dwellers court arrest, The Asian Age, Bombay, 04 Oct 2007 Tribal land bill will spell death, Rashme Sehgal, The Asian Age, Bombay, 28 Oct 2007 Conservationists blame, Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, Bombay, 25 Oct 2007 Forests vs People, Lakshmy Raman, Tehelka Magazine, 13 Oct 2007
September 2007	Centre seeks forest control, Samanwaya Rautray, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Sep 2007 Will the Forests' Act destroy the forests?The Business Standard, Bombay, 26 Sep 2007 Should degraded land be leased to industry?The Business Standard, Bombay, 12 Sep 2007 The Petition Vanashakti.in The UN General Assembly, www.unog.ch
June 2007	Meaning Of 'Forest' Set To Change In India, Archi Rastogi, Down To Earth Magazine, 15 Jun 2007 Forest Rights Act Finds A Meeting Point, Vipul Mudgal, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 18 Jun 2007
April 2007	Nffpfw Unhappy, But Works On Rules, Rakesh Agarwal, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Apr 2007 Forest Panel: Govt Forces Sc Retreat, Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times Of India, Bombay, 28 Apr 2007
March 2007	What is a 'forest'?, The Business Standard, Bombay, 22 March 2007 Forestry's future lies in regeneration, Pandurang Hegde, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 21 March 2007 India won't pay nations for ecological services, Nitin Sethi, The Times of India, Bombay, 15 March 2007
February 2007	Tinkering officials weaken forest rights Bill , Rakesh Agarwal, Civil Society Magazine, 01 February 2007 Panel on rules to implement Forest Rights Bill The Hindu, Madras, 14 February 2007

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