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Jailed activist Stan Swamy has spent half a century making Adivasi struggles his own	14.10.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
The Jesuit priest has sought to interpret his vocation and training in Ignatius Loyola’s philosophy in the service of the most deprived, the most threatened.
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In Karnataka, a shepherd has spent all his money to dig ponds for birds and wild animals	8.10.2020	Scroll.in
Kalmane Kaamegowda shot to national fame when the prime minister mentioned his work in his radio programme Mann Ki Baat.
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Adivasis are being made the scapegoat for the industrial-scale felling of trees along Betwa river	26.9.2020	Scroll.in
The dusty, drought-prone region was once covered with dense jungle where leopards, tigers and antelopes roamed.
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Laws meant to protect the environment are threatening forests and those dependent on them	26.9.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
Plantations are replacing biodiverse forests under compensatory afforestation, an analysis of land diversion shows.
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Intangki issue: NSCN (I-M) refutes ZB (N) claim	20.9.2020	Manipur: E-Pao
Intangki issue: NSCN (I-M) refutes ZB (N) claim
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Mumbai’s Coastal Road: Making land in a drowning city	31.8.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
Last fortnight, the Supreme Court conceded that the project is not exempt from environmental and wildlife clearances. Nevertheless, reclamation work continues.
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Decades of mining has ravaged Chhattisgarh’s Korba region. Could its Hasdeo Arand forests be next?	21.8.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
After resistance from the state government, New Delhi has dropped plans to auction coal blocks in the pristine Hasdeo Arand region.
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‘EIA notification should be in consonance with rights of tribals,’ Chhattisgarh CM tells Javadekar	14.8.2020	Scroll.in
Bhupesh Baghel said the draft notification has ignored the sensitivity required for ecological conservation.
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As forests disappear in India, leopards have learnt to live and prey among human habitats	4.8.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
Researchers are tracking leopard attacks on livestock to map sites of man-animal conflict.
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Opinion: Preserving India’s tiger habitats can help prevent the next pandemic	21.7.2020	Scroll.in
We can achieve optimal health outcomes by understanding the interconnectedness between humans, environment and animals.
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In Kerala, development projects cleared amid lockdown threaten the state’s ecological balance	19.7.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
Among these is a new international airport near Sabarimala temple and sand mining in Thottappally estuary.
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Forest ranger turns one-time timber smugglers into eco-warriors	16.7.2020	The Assam Tribune
Forest ranger turns one-time timber smugglers into eco-warriors
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Senapati Forest Division observes Van Mahotsav	14.7.2020	Manipur: E-Pao
Senapati Forest Division observes Van Mahotsav
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In Odisha’s Similipal park, recognition of community rights paved the way for sustainable growth	29.6.2020	Scroll.in
The 2015 move has enriched the sanctuary’s biodiversity and locals’ livelihoods.
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Kerala could have avoided the deaths of two elephants if it learnt to kill wild boars scientifically	14.6.2020	Scroll.in
Farmers often use cable wires, neem cakes, bamboo fencings, fish nets and firecrackers to illegally fight the porcine menace.
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Film on protected areas released	6.6.2020	Manipur: E-Pao
Film on protected areas released
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Forest Minister Awangbow Newmai calls for conserving nature to protect human life & human race	6.6.2020	Manipur: E-Pao
Forest Minister Awangbow Newmai calls for conserving nature to protect human life & human race
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Help us protect the headwaters of the Amazon from oil companies, elders say	22.5.2020	Reuters: World News
Indigenous leaders are calling for help to stop oil companies drilling in the headwaters of the Amazon river in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, warning that encroaching on their homelands would destroy a bulwark against climate change.
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Planned diversion of North India’s Betwa river will displace residents of 4,000 villages	9.5.2020	Scroll.in
Since 1970, constructions on the river have uprooted villagers’ lives and the local economy.
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Kerala’s attempt to revive traditional farm practices puts tribal women at the forefront	19.4.2020	Scroll.in - News that matters
The state’s Kudumbashree Mission is using agrobiodiversity to tackle malnutrition and drive up incomes.
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