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Tribal Women from Odisha’s Kashipur Block Are Standing up against Exploitation – One Broom at a Time

Salpai Majhi, a proud and confident tribal woman leader, has a wonderful story to tell, “Since ages, we have depended on the forest to run our homes.We have been coll...

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Environment

Destruction of kelp forests by tropical fish shows impact of ocean temperature rises

Herbivorous tropical fish have destroyed kelp forests in northern New South Wales, showing that even small increases in ocean temperature can lead to kelp deforestation, an...

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How One Staunch Gandhian Helped A Tribal Village In Maharashtra Achieve Self-Rule

Born on the December 31, 1949, Mohan Hirabai Hiralal is a staunch Gandhian who actively participated in Jayaprakash Narayan’s Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Wahini. The Gandh...

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Environment

War Is Hell – For The Natural World Too Michael Mccarthy

The human suffering inflicted by war is so terrible that we may naturally overlook the environmental damage which large-scale conflict causes. Sometimes, of course, it is a...

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Environment

Prehistoric Trees Could ‘Future-Proof’ Forests Against Climate Change

As you walk through the landscape, you pass through a patchwork of forests that were logged at different times. You may go from bushwhacking through a dense thicket of youn...

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Environment

What If Nature, Like Corporations, Had The Rights Of A Person?

In recent years, the US supreme court has solidified the concept of corporate personhood. Following rulings in such cases as Hobby Lobb...

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Human Rights

Once A Dropout, Anita Munda Now Dreams Of Becoming An Officer

A unique education programme in Odisha's tribal belt helps underprivileged children join the government school network. Deep in the sal forests that hide the iron and alloy...

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Gender

Hit Hard By Climate Change, Rural Women In Sundarbans Turn Photographers

In the Bengali language ‘Sundarban’ can be literally translated as ‘beautiful forest’. A World Heritage Site, the area is the largest block of conti...

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Human Rights

Chhattisgarh Communities Assert Forest Rights

Members of the Sanauli gram sabha show the woods chopped down by the Chattisgarh Van Vikas Nigam Credit: Shruti Agarwal A small Gond village in Rajnandgoan district of Chha...

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Environment

Why Climate Change Could Benefit Parts Of Canada’s Boreal Forest

Fact, he argues that Quebec’s massive boreal forest could provide a much-needed “refuge” for plants and animals, as much of the continent gets hotter and ...

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