C.S. LAKSHMI The Hindu – May 21, 2000 A WISE person once said that forestry is not about trees. It is about people. No one has realised this more than the women of the Uttarakhand region. Everyone by now knows about the Chipko Movement. But…
Times of India News Service / Aditi Kapoor October 18, 1999 PAURI: The state government and the World Bank would do well to learn the rules of forest conservation from the army of Mahila Mangal Dals (MMDs) – the informal village women’s groups – active…
UNI – October 22, 1998 There is an increasing pressure on the environment of the ‘Gangotri Dham’ in the absence of guidelines to accommodate the growing pilgrim traffic in conformity with the Himalayan ecosystem. This has been highlighted in Gangotri Dham Victimised, a book written…
The Pioneer Editorial, June 17, 1998 It might seem an ecological impossibility, but the beautiful, life-affirming river Ganga might actually disappear sometime in the hypothetical expanse of time future. This is not a science fiction sub-plot or a mythical prediction. This is a fear which…
Special Report, September 19, 1997 (Times of India) By COLLEEN GANTZER ON the 2nd of September, Mussoorie shut down. Three years ago, the police had shot Uttarakhand activists who had assembled off the Mall. The building from which the police had fired has been painted…
From Our Staff Reporter (The Hindu) PAURI GARHWAL, Aug. 30, 1996 Promotion of lesser known natural beauty spots and shrines for pilgrims, domestic and foreign tourists and adventure sports like skiing and river rafting, revival of the age old `chatti’ system, a broad based network…