India`s forests are in serious decline, both in numbers and health
The government says area under forests has been increasing for the last 13 years. ET finds this is the outcome of statistical jugglery and the use of flawed definitions by India`s forest bureaucracy. The bald truth is India`s forests are in serious decline, both in numbers and in health..

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Enough is Enough!
Testimonies of Papuan Women Victims of Violence and Human Rights Violations 1963-2009
DOCUMENTATION WORKING GROUP
ON VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST PAPUAN WOMEN,
2009-2010

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Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste
By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation.....

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LAW RESOURCE INDIA
Of mines, minerals and tribal rights
BRINDA KARAT IN THE HINDU
The proposed liberalisation of the mining and minerals sector is an assault on the rightful owners of the land and its resources....

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DEALING WITH DISCLOSURE:
IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION-MAKING OVER LARGE-SCALE
LAND ACQUISITIONS, ALLOCATIONS AND INVESTMENTS

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Anti-Corruption Views - Why land deals must not be done in secret – and how to make them more open

Imagine being woken in the middle of the night by bull-dozers destroying your garden. When you go to investigate, a man from the government tells you that your house and garden have been sold to a foreign company, along with the rest of your street. They...  more>>

Information is explosive at Singareni Collieries
May 3, 2012
Posted by nishankmotwani in : Guest authors, India , trackback
Patrik Oskarsson
I approached the public sector Singareni Collieries coal mining company in August 2011 at their head office in Kothagudem of Khammam District in Andhra Pradesh

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Mining asteroids
Going platinum
Mining metals from asteroids seems a bonkers idea. But could it work?
Apr 28th 2012 | SEATTLE | from the print edition

CAN reality trump art? That was the....

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International mining mission reports of rampant contractualization, depressed wages in mining areas

The International Solidarity Mission on Mining reported today of rampant contractualization, depressed wages and workers’ rights violations in mining areas particularly in the Cordillera and Caraga regions in the Philippines.....

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EFFECTS OF MINING ON ENVIRONMENT IN THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, INDIA

Mining has caused severe damage to the land resources of the area.

BY
DR. NITISH PRIYADARSHI
76,CIRCULAR ROAD,
RANCHI-834001
JHARKHAND
EMAIL: nitish.priyadarshi@gmail.com
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