By Liz Kimbrough, Mongabay.com 24th July, 2014 “In Africa, you can come across Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, customary forests in Uganda, sacred forest groves in Benin, dragon forests in The Gambia or church forests in Ethiopia…You can also come across similar forest patches in South and Southeast Asia including…
continue reading
“Protest over Increasing Pollution of Yamuna River in Northern India.” NTDTelevision. Runtime: 1 minute 27 seconds. Click here to watch this video. Genre: Vrindavan Videos, What Has Been Done & Current Activism Articles, Yamuna VideosSubjects: Vrindavan, What Has Been Done & Current Activism, Yamuna
Sharma, M. “Nature and nationalism.” Frontline Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 3. 3-16 February, 2001. By Mukul Sharma February, 2001 Harping on ‘Gangatva’, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad seeks to use its campaign against the Tehri dam to score communal points. OCTOBER 19, 2000: At the Ramlila grounds in Delhi, a few…
continue reading
Kaur, R. “Widespread protests near Tehri.” Down to Earth. 13 December 2010. By Ravleen Kaur December 13, 2010 Residents are angry after increase in the dam’s water level led to landslides and subsequent house collapse. SUDDEN landslides near Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand have forced residents of nearly four dozen villages…
continue reading
Verma, K. “Pollution-free Ganga likely by 2020: Modi.” Times of India. 29 December 2010. Pollution-free Ganga likely by 2020: Modi By Kumod Verma December 29, 2010 PATNA: The Bihar government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to free the Ganga from pollution. The ambitious plan is likely to be completed…
continue reading
Sharma, S. “Wouldn’t you like a nice anaerobic sludge blanket?” Clean Ganga Campaign, 2002 By Suparna Sharma April, 2002 Kanpur is a North Indian city along the Ganga that got hooked on a strange technology for cleaning the holy river. Well into the 1980s some 300 leather tanneries in Kanpur…
continue reading
Poddar, J. “School of Planning and Architecture team confers with DM on Vrindavan master plan.” Vrindavan Today. 27 June 2011. School of Planning and Architecture team confers with DM on Vrindavan master plan By Jagannath Poddar June 27, 2011 Mathura (2011.06.26) VT: As a followup to the District Magistrate’s invitation…
continue reading
Pandey, P. “Allahabad museum to document flora, fauna of Ganga-Yamuna belt.” Indian Express. 2 October 2011. Allahabad museum to document flora, fauna of Ganga-Yamuna belt By Prashant Pandey October 2, 2011 Allahabad Museum, which is one of the four national museums in the country, has undertaken an exercise to document…
continue reading
Khandelwal, B. “‘My Clean Vrindavan’ Campaign Gets A Boost From Tata.” Agra Today. 22 April 2011. ‘My Clean Vrindavan’ Campaign Gets A Boost From Tata By Brij Khandelwal, Agra Today Friday, April 22, 2011 Vrindavan (India): The holy town of Vrindavan is living in a perpetual fear of being deluged…
continue reading