Archive for the ‘deforestation’ Category

The roar of the tiger got just a little louder

The awareness about the dwindling population of Tigers in India has grown tremendously after the Save our Tigers campaign by Aircel. So much so that my five year old son says “Save our Tiger” whenever he sees the logo of Aircel.
The irony is instead of being thankful to him and act on the information provided [...]

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Vedanta’s quest for money vs Dongria Kondh

“There are a lot of things that I didn’t know existed but I desperately need them.” Calvin has very accurately described the mentality of an average human being.
When we can afford it, we always have more of everything then we need. The quest for more is what is responsible for the growth we have seen [...]

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Who is mightier, the tree or the man with an axe

Jogeshvari Vikroli Link Road, also known as JVLR was a peaceful and quite place six years ago. That is where my house is. This road, as the name suggests connects the western suburb of Jogeshwari to central suburb of Vikroli. Some years ago they converted a two lane undivided road to a six lane concrete [...]

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Two cities, same tree, different fate

I was in Delhi at the turn of the century and there were a lot of flyovers as well the Metro under construction. A lot of land had to be cleared for making the flyovers as well as the Metro cleared of building including houses and shops and cleared of trees as well.
Taking a chainsaw [...]

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Save the Tiger

We first discovered the environmental issues we are facing about 40 years ago. For a very long time, it remained the responsibility of the government to do anything about it. As awareness grew about it, more and more people understood the responsibility they have towards Mother Nature.
Now the CSR of a company is not complete [...]

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A Shrinking National Park in Bombay

Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Bombay, also known as Borivali national park is unique as it is the only national park in a crowded metro. The park is spread in an area of about 104 square kilometers in Borivali, Mulund and Thana and has about two million visitors each year.
An article in the Hindustan [...]

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