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Monkeys, pigs, bears are poll planks!

Anita Katyal Tribune News Service, January 17, 2007 New Delhi, January 16 If today’s discussions on Uttarakhand’s election manifesto are anything to go by, monkeys are all set to find a special mention in the final document. And it is not just these primates, but…

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Traditional crops on verge of extinction in Garhwal

Zee News, December 30, 2006 Dehra Dun, Dec 30: Alarm bells have started ringing in the Garhwal himalayas of Uttaranchal amid reports that traditional crops are on the verge of extinction. This has caused fresh concern among agronomists who are calling for preservation of traditional…

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Historic Nanda Devi Trek Draws World Women

By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post, 19 October 2006 JOSHIMATH, 18 Oct: This past weekend, the last of three international teams departed for Dharansi Pass as part of the Inaugural Nanda Devi Women’s Trek. Stopping over at eminent journalist Harish Chandola’s guest house near Auli, the…

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Green is his valley : Profile of Dr Avdhash Kaushal

Sanjeev Singh Bariana meets Dr Avdhaash Kaushal, the man behind the go-green movement as well as several other projects to improve the lot of bonded labour in Dehra Dun Guarding the fragile ecosystems in Uttaranchal, the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) has inspired conservationists…

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Guides for International Women's Trek complete training at NIM

Garhwal Post, 26 September 2006 A unique graduation ceremony took place at the Nerhu Institute of Mountaineering on Saturday, where thirty-eight youth hailing mostly from the upper reaches of Chamoli, but also from Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts, completed their basic mountaineering course. Organized by SPECS…

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CC (2006.7.27): Uttaranchal: Depleting pasturelands

By Nitin Sethi for Down to Earth The leaders and organisers of the meet realise that nothing short of a mass movement will revive the khark Simar pasture in Dudhatoli forest division, Chamoli district of Uttaranchal, appears sparkling fresh. The memorial to Chandra Singh Garhwali…

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The Hindu (2006.7.14): Sowing seeds of inspiration

By Kanchi Kohli Beej Bachao Andolan (BBA) has its home in the beautiful Hemwalghati, in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttaranchal. Let me share with you why it continues to be a source of motivation for many of us. BBA is a small but strong-willed…

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FE (2006.6.20): Uttaranchal will not allow GM crops, says CM

ASHOK B SHARMA, Financial Express Tuesday, June 20, 2006 NEW DELHI, JUNE 19: Chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari has assured the leaders of Bharatiya Kissan Union (BKU) that he will not allow cultivation of any transgenic crop, with a view to protecting the image of…

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Moneylenders Attack Kisan Sabha Activists

People’s Democracy, Vol. XXX No. 25 June 18, 2006 MONEYLENDERS turned land mafias resorted to yet another attack on Kisan Sabha leaders and activists, including large number of women in Shakti Farm under Sitarganj block in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. This attack on…

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NDTV (2006.6.5): Farmers turn to organic farming

Monday, June 5, 2006 (Dehradun): Dubbed the slow food movement, organic farming is the concept behind the Go Green mantra these days. It is food that’s grown with only natural resources like manure, vermicompost and the likes, instead of chemicals and pesticides that are generally…

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