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ANI: Uttaranchal tries to rope in tribals for forest conservation

[India News]: Jim Corbett National Park, Jan 12 : Uttaranchal is trying to woo eco-tourists to its remote but breathtakingly beautiful landscapes, and for this the state is trying to rope in thousands of tribals and villagers to make their attempt easy. The tribals being…

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PTI: Forest area in Uttaranchal shrinking: report

[India News]: Dehra Dun, Jan 4 : Uttaranchal’s protected forest cover, which accounts for 23 per cent of its geographical area, is fast shrinking with several species of flora and fauna on the verge of extinction, according to a report by the state Pollution Control…

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PTI: Stand-off between govt, forest guards intensifies

Dehradun, Dec 15 : The stand-off between the Uttaranchal government and striking state forest guards has intensified with the authorities suspending 40 guards for negligence of duty. The state government has so far suspended 40 forest guards as a disciplinary action against them, official sources…

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ANI: Forest guard protest, demand more teeth

[India News]: Dehradun, Dec 13 : Thousands of angry and disillusioned forest guards in Uttaranchal today organised a protest march till the State Assembly demanding protection from poachers, timber mafia and a salary hike, which, according to them, has remained unchanged for over 20 years.…

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Interview with Bali Devi

Bali Devi Rana, Head of the Mahila Mangal Dal (Women Welfare Group) of village Reni (Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India) has recently returned from the Global Women’s Conference on Environment, organized by UNEP at Nairobi (Kenya) on 11-13 October 2004, where she shared the inaugural stage…

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A Grassroots Mountain Woman at an International Gathering in Kenya

Posted to Mountain Forum, October 28, 2004 Concerned that most of the agreements made at different global conferences in the last 32 years still remain un-honoured, over 200 women from more than 50 countries gathered at Global Women’s Assembly on Environment: “Women as the Voice…

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The issues and concerns of Chipko are still alive today

Press Club, Dehradun October 21, 2004 Bali Devi being greeted by Maasai women in Kenya. (courtesy of IISD)The Alliance for Development organized a press conference at the Press Club, Dehra Dun on 21 October 2004, on the return of Bali Devi and Biju Negi from…

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Bali Devi’s address to Global Women’s Assembly on Environment

Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2004 Translated by Biju Negi Listen to the Real Audio of Speech Sisters and Friends, Semanya (Greetings) I am Bali Devi from Reni, a distant village in Chamoli Garhwal, India. You may have heard of Himalaya. My village is in Himalaya.…

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IANS: Women to share environment concerns with Nobel laureate

[India News]: New Delhi, Oct 10 : Two Indian women activists will share the platform with Wangari Maathai, this year’s Nobel Peace Price winner, at a United Nations environment meet in Nairobi Monday to highlight women’s struggle for livelihood. Bali Devi, who was part of…

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Himalayan activist takes on timber mafia

The multi-crore trade in illegal timber is being challenged by one man whose main objective is to save the hills of Uttaranchal from being denuded in the name of development   India Today, February 2, 2004 Jaya Prakash Dabral, a former corporate executive turned social…

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