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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; India</title>
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		<title>India: Last Rainforest in Sri Lanka needs more protection</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/09/india-last-large-rainforest-in-sri-lanka-needs-more-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/09/india-last-large-rainforest-in-sri-lanka-needs-more-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 01:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Sinharaja forest is the only undisturbed rain forest left in Sri Lanka.  It is about 9000 hectares in extent. Many of the plants are very rare.  Over 60% of the tree species are found only in the lowland wet zone of  Sri Lanka. n 1988 the Sinharaja was made a national wilderness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Despite Ban on Felling green trees they keep falling in 	Himachal state</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/india-despite-ban-on-felling-green-trees-they-keep-falling-in-himachal-state/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/india-despite-ban-on-felling-green-trees-they-keep-falling-in-himachal-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A sweeping ban on green felling of trees in the state notwithstanding,more than a score of mighty deodar trees have been felled in the Kufri-Mashobra forests, which the authorities claim are for road building purposes. “It was tragic to see such majestic cedars felled on the Mashobra-Bekelti road,” says Vishal, who drove past wonderinghow the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Vandana Shiva on Women&#8217;s right to water, fertile soil &amp; the forests 	that produce water</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/vandana-shiva-on-womens-right-to-water-fertile-soil-the-forests-that-produce-water/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/vandana-shiva-on-womens-right-to-water-fertile-soil-the-forests-that-produce-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Rights of Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Water and the water crisis is a story of how creating a well for some
deprives most,&#8221; Vandana Shiva said. Shiva talked about women&#8217;s rights,
the right to water and peaceful protests to an audience of about 175
Monday night in the Lewis Katz Building. Women were among the first to
notice a connection between deforestation and a lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Uttarakhand forest officers get military equipment to stop 	poaching of flora and fauna</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/india-uttarakhand-forest-officers-get-military-equipment-to-stop-poaching-of-flora-and-fauna/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/india-uttarakhand-forest-officers-get-military-equipment-to-stop-poaching-of-flora-and-fauna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest guards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military forestry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chief Conservator of Forests in Uttarakhand has equipped local
rangers and other field staff with night vision cameras and other
hi-tech security-cum-communication gadgets to save animals from
poachers. There has been a sharp increase in the number of incidents
of poaching in recent times. This has prompted the Government to
protect priceless flora and fauna in the state.
Get full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: High court declares privately owned Mangroves as protected 	forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/india-high-court-declares-privately-owned-mangroves-as-protected-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/india-high-court-declares-privately-owned-mangroves-as-protected-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court halts logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bombay high court has declared 1,806 hectares of privately owned
mangroves in the city as forests. The notification was issued by
divisional commissioner S S Sandhu on February 24. &#8220;With this move
preservation of mangroves can be carried out like a forest. Simply
put, such areas cannot be developed,&#8221; Sandhu said.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Privately-owned-mangroves-are-forests-State/articleshow/4214977.cms

Rishi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Aravali forest officer transferred moments before presenting 	corruption evidence to high court</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/02/india-arvali-forest-officer-transferred-moments-before-presenting-corruption-evidence-to-high-court/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/02/india-arvali-forest-officer-transferred-moments-before-presenting-corruption-evidence-to-high-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satellite monitoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The managing authority of the Aravali forest received a setback as the Haryana government issued transfer orders for Gurgaon&#8217;s Conservator of Forests R P Balwan. The move came just days before he was to inform the Supreme Court about a massive land grab and illegal constructions inside the forest.
Get full text; support writer, producer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: K M Chinappa has been a Karnataka forest defender for 30 years</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/india-k-m-chinappa-has-been-a-karnataka-forest-defender-for-30-years/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/india-k-m-chinappa-has-been-a-karnataka-forest-defender-for-30-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s Real Heroes, we meet K M Chinappa, who for the last 35 years has been fighting to save a forest in Karnataka. Some say that if the forest and its wildlife has survived, it is because of Chinappa, a forest ranger by profession, this man has continued to serve nature even after his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Protection from foreign pharmaceutical industry&#8217;s army of 	bio-pirates</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/india-protection-from-foreign-pharmaceutical-industrys-army-of-bio-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/india-protection-from-foreign-pharmaceutical-industrys-army-of-bio-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biopiracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global local responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local control of resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government has effectively licensed 200,000 local
treatments as ‘public property’, making the local remedies free for
everyone to use, but not to be branded for sale. This initiative
follows the startling discovery by scientists in Delhi of the extent
of “bio-prospecting” of natural remedies by foreign companies.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://ictsd.net/i/news/bridgesweekly/41660/

The UK’s Guardian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Who is a tribe? Who is an Encroacher? 2006 Forest Rights Act 	sorts it all out?</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/india-who-is-a-tribe-who-is-an-encroacher-2006-forest-rights-act-sorts-it-all-out/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/india-who-is-a-tribe-who-is-an-encroacher-2006-forest-rights-act-sorts-it-all-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fighting poverty & Deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Act recognises four main rights:
(i) the right of traditional forest dwellers to claim forest land held
before December 13, 2005;
(ii) the right of the government to divert forest land for 13 kinds of
development activities, including building of schools, hospitals,
aganwadis and roads;
(iii) the rights of individuals and a community as a whole over minor
forest produce, grazing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Hundreds unemployed because of end of Japan funded forest 	conservation project</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/19/india-hundreds-unemployed-because-of-end-of-japan-funded-forest-conservation-project/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/19/india-hundreds-unemployed-because-of-end-of-japan-funded-forest-conservation-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest guards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global local responsibility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH: Apprehending loss of rank as well as job, hundreds of
officers, working as field staff of Punjab forest department and
currently posted with a Japan-funded project, staged an agitation
outside the office of principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) at
Sector 17 here on Tuesday.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/Forest-project-staff-protest-Punjab-move/articleshow/4146861.cms

Headed by Karamjit Singh, DFO, Patiala [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Children&#8217;s Chipko revival to protect trees</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/india-childrens-chipko-revival-to-protect-tree-from-road-widening/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/17/india-childrens-chipko-revival-to-protect-tree-from-road-widening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious forest defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road as vector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The widening of this road will require relocation of 54 trees while 99
others will have to be chopped. Concrete compound walls and stone
porches are already being demolished on either side of the narrow road
to ease traffic that will flow from the Bandra-Worli Sealink. Using
the symbolism of chipko, the children want to make sure the Banyan,
Pipal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Marauding Tigers need a forest reserve</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/16/india-marauding-tigers-need-a-forest-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/16/india-marauding-tigers-need-a-forest-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection needed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With number of cases of tigers straying in urban habitat on increase
in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has asked the State government to
expedite the process of finalising Pilibhit forest as a tiger reserve
for saving the big cats. Unless the State government is serious in
pushing the proposal, all the other efforts to save tigers would go
waste,&#8221; Rajesh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Rajaji National Park and survival of the last remaining 	species of elephants</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/14/india-rajaji-national-park-and-survival-of-the-last-remaining-species-of-elephants/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/14/india-rajaji-national-park-and-survival-of-the-last-remaining-species-of-elephants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s Rajaji National Park is one of 24 major wildlife reserves in
India. Just as the Corbett National Park, 225kms away, is famous for
its tiger population, this reserve is known for its high Asiatic
elephant population. The 825 square kilometer area also houses 23
other mammal species including tigers, leopards and the Himalayan
bear, as well as 315 bird [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Bombay Environmental Action Group defends Mangroves in court</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/11/india-bombay-environmental-action-group-defends-mangroves-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/11/india-bombay-environmental-action-group-defends-mangroves-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to spell out
its stand on the issue of notifying around 25,000 hectares of mangrove
land on Maharashtra&#8217;s coastline as &#8220;forests.&#8221; A division bench of
Justices J N Patel and Rajendra Savant directed the additional chief
secretary (forests) and secretary (environment) to file an affidavit
in the matter within two weeks.
Get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: History of regularization of appropriation of forest lands</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/india-history-of-regularization-of-appropriation-of-forest-lands/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/06/india-history-of-regularization-of-appropriation-of-forest-lands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goverment does nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;If you want to own a piece of land, fell the trees standing on it&#8217; is
the message conveyed by the Forest Rights Act, passed by the
parliament a year back; so is the implication that timber is for the
rich and the non-timber forest produce is for the poor. This is not
the first time that encroachment into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: 12 new species of frogs discovered in Western Ghats</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/03/india-12-new-species-of-frogs-discovered-in-western-ghats/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/03/india-12-new-species-of-frogs-discovered-in-western-ghats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new species discovered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A dozen previously unknown species of frogs have been discovered in
the forests of Western Ghats according to a paper published in latest
issue of Zoological Journal of Linnean Society, London. The 12 species
have been identified following a revision of the Philautus genus and
are the result of ten years of field study in Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka. Goa, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Land rights in reserve forests are limited by courts, but only 	for some</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/india-land-rights-in-reserve-forests-are-limited-by-courts-but-only-for-some/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/27/india-land-rights-in-reserve-forests-are-limited-by-courts-but-only-for-some/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encroachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal selling of public land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kodagu district has a unique set of land holding rights, with several
intricacies. Among the various matters of contention are the
district&#8217;s Jamma-bane lands. Jamma malai is a portion of the reserve
forests in which landholders who have held land there for generations
have been given the right to grow cardamom. The forest department
considers Jamma as reserve forests. Bane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Raintree in Behrampore town saved again!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/india-raintree-in-behrampore-town-saved-again/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/23/india-raintree-in-behrampore-town-saved-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Rights of Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A raintree at the heart of Behrampore town was saved from being cut
down today by green activists Jatiya Sabuj Bahini and Paschimbango
Biggyan Mancho, helped by students from Maharani Kashi Sheri Girl&#8217;s
School and KM College School, who were led by their teachers in the
protest. This was the raintree&#8217;s second brush with death, after it had
been saved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Wild forest cows or Mithuns require community-based Lura 	forestry</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/india-wild-forest-cows-or-mithuns-require-community-based-lura-forestry/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/19/india-wild-forest-cows-or-mithuns-require-community-based-lura-forestry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community involvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grazing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodlot management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mithun is no longer a wild animal, nor is it completely domesticated.
So to say, it is a very decent and faithful wild animal. It requires a
specific natural habitat consisting of sufficiently densely wooded
forests, gentle slopes, water-sources and away from human settlement.
It flourishes and thrives well in areas that afford to it abundant
fodder and cool and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: 150 hungry Elephants leave declining forests to raid villages 	for food</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/17/india-150-hungry-elephants-leave-declining-forests-to-raid-villages-for-food/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/17/india-150-hungry-elephants-leave-declining-forests-to-raid-villages-for-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gauhati — A herd of nearly 150 hungry elephants rampaged through a
village in India&#8217;s remote northeast, trampling to death a young family
as they slept in their hut, a resident and a wildlife official said
Saturday. The Asiatic elephants destroyed four homes in Assam state&#8217;s
Karbi Anglong village Friday night, said resident Rimi Marak.

&#8220;The
herd was just too large. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Auyrvedic Healers gather &amp; make plea for help saving forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/15/india-auyrvedic-healers-help-saving-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/15/india-auyrvedic-healers-help-saving-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Rights of Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees as Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trees as healing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/15/india-auyrvedic-healers-gather-make-plea-for-help-saving-forests/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A national tribal healing workshop and exhibition on centuries old
tribal medicines was recently held in Bhubneshwar. 25 tribal healers
from 13 tribal dominated districts participated in this workshop. The
tribal healers gained some knowledge from the researchers and also
shared their knowledge about the ayurvedic medicine that their
ancestors have passed on to them. The workshop was organised to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Kalasa-Bhanduri nallah Canal building is harming trees</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-kalasa-bhanduri-nallah-canal-building-is-harming-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-kalasa-bhanduri-nallah-canal-building-is-harming-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-kalasa-bhanduri-nallah-canal-building-is-harming-trees/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So many trees have already been bulldozed in Kankumbi where work on
the Kalasa-Bhanduri nallah canal is on. One can imagine how much more
the forest cover will be lost when the 2.5 km long canal is built, and
what its effect will be on the ecologically sensitive region,&#8221; Sawant
a former Congress minister told Deccan Herald. The Mhadei [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Goan Kumeri cultivators exempted from provisions of Forest Conservation Act</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-goan-kumeri-cultivators-exempted-provisions-forest-conservation-act/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-goan-kumeri-cultivators-exempted-provisions-forest-conservation-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/10/india-goan-kumeri-cultivators-exempted-from-provisions-of-forest-conservation-act/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI: The long-pending and vexed issue of Kumeri cultivators in Goa
may finally be resolved. The state government has decided to recommend
to the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests that Goan Kumeri
cultivators be exempted from the provisions of the Forest Conservation
Act. If this is done, then the land that is being cultivated by the
cumeris will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Cardomom Cultivation in Tropical Forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/cardomom-cultivation-in-tropical-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/09/cardomom-cultivation-in-tropical-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Essential to understanding how forests and humans can live together is
knowing as much as possible about alternative forest resources that,
unlike plantations, actually depend on healthy mature forest canopies.
This article helps us learn a bit more about the subject. &#8211;Deane
The ecological effects of cardamom cultivation in the understorey of
tropical forests have been debated but remain poorly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Development in No-Development Zone Kandarpada</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/07/india-development-kandarpada/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/07/india-development-kandarpada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illegal development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangroves]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Residents of the Borivli-Dahisar belt have alleged that large-scale
environmental destruction is in progress in the No-Development Zone
between Gorai creek and Kandarpada. Residents in the area have been
alleging for a long time that debris is dumped on the mangroves to cut
off the supply of sea water coming to the ponds and trees during high
tide. Once the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Tens of Thousands who fled murderers in August are still hiding in the forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/india-thousands-fled-murderers-august-still-hiding-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/india-thousands-fled-murderers-august-still-hiding-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/india-tens-of-thousands-who-fled-murderers-in-august-are-still-hiding-in-the-forest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The people hiding in forests are mainly from the Gadaguda and
Sirsapanga areas. They fled from their homes after riots erupted in
the region following the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader
Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram on
Aug 23. &#8220;The tribals had recently visited their villages but fled to
the forest again. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: how to handle out of control bug epidemic without poison</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/india-handle-control-bug-epidemic-without-poison/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/02/india-handle-control-bug-epidemic-without-poison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The branches of the Araliya trees that line the pathways of the BMICH
gardens in Colombo are strangely bare. The few remaining leaves are
twisted and discoloured with disease. These trees are almost as old as
the property itself, and have beautified it with their distinctive
white flowers for over 25 years. However, now it is uncertain whether
these trees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Recent forest encroachment history in Mumbai</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/01/indiarecent-forest-encroachment-history-in-mumbai/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/01/01/indiarecent-forest-encroachment-history-in-mumbai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue came to a head in 2002 after the Bombay Environmental Action
Group filed a petition in the Bombay High Court over encroachment on
forest land.

In 2005, the government told the HC there were
encroachments on private forest land. While the HC ruling went against
residents and builders, residents&#8217; associations filed a Special Leave
Petition in the SC, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Save the Rusty Spotted Cat!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/29/india-save-the-rusty-spotted-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/29/india-save-the-rusty-spotted-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A team of wildlife enthusiasts spotted a rusty-spotted cat, one of the
most endangered species and the world&#8217;s smallest cat, at
Devrayanadurga reserved forests in Tumkur district, on Friday evening.
The rusty-spotted cat is found only in India and Sri Lanka and
measures only 14-17 inches in length. It weighs less than 1.5 kg
(females weigh less than 1 kg).

Rusty-spotted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: History of country&#8217;s deforestation and how it&#8217;s currently being addressed</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/27/india-history-of-countrys-deforestation-and-how-its-currently-being-addressed/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/27/india-history-of-countrys-deforestation-and-how-its-currently-being-addressed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unknown to many, the Indian nation accounts for the biggest number of
the underprivileged in the entire world, many of whom rely completely
or implicitly on green areas for a living. Poverty, as well as the
huge and escalating human population, places indefatigable pressure on
the forested parts of India. The end result is serious dilapidation of
the country&#8217;s woodland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Forest dwellers rights still unclear despite new law</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/25/india-forest-dwellers-rights-still-unclear-despite-new-law/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/25/india-forest-dwellers-rights-still-unclear-despite-new-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encroachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/25/india-forest-dwellers-rights-still-unclear-despite-new-law/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rajya Sabha member and Communist Party of India leader D. Raja sought
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&#8217;s intervention on Tuesday &#8220;against
forcible displacement of forest dwellers and depriving them of their
statutory rights.&#8221; This, he said, was due to lack of clarity in the
Central government&#8217;s guidelines and rules under the Scheduled Tribes
and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Wildlife conservation in Sathyamangalam forests</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/25/india-wildlife-conservation-in-sathyamangalam-forests/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/25/india-wildlife-conservation-in-sathyamangalam-forests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wildlife conservation in Sathyamangalam forests has received the
much-needed fillip after the Government of India declared a portion of
the area as a sanctuary. The Government has brought in 52,434.94 ha of
the total 1,45,530.92 ha in the Sathyamangalam forests, which is a
good 36 per cent of the area.

The sanctuary areas comprise the
Thalavady range (Palayam, Belathur, Gettavadi) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: 40 trees massacred without permits for University construction in Hyderabad</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/21/india-40-trees-massacred-without-permits-for-university-construction-in-hyderabad/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/21/india-40-trees-massacred-without-permits-for-university-construction-in-hyderabad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) may be a centre of
excellence for learning languages, but it seems to score very
poorly on issues concerning environment. The authorities allowed
merciless felling of about 40 huge, old trees to make way for
construction work. And all this in violation of the rules that require
prior permission from the forest department [...]]]></description>
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