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Tribals in Wayanad wait for the promised land	23.9.2017	Hindu: News
Landless communities revive agitation to settle conflict of livelihoods and laws
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Conflicts across India as states create land banks for industry, investment	19.9.2017	Business Standard: News Now
Up to 2.68 mn hectares of land have been set aside in land banks in the eight states
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A forest policy on today’s terms	11.9.2017	Hindu: Opinion
The National Forest Policy must be refreshed as it contains concepts that have been long discarded
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How Chhattisgarh's mine protest expose failure of India's coal auctions	10.9.2017	Latest News
This unusual protest unfolds the heart of the Mand Raigarh coalfields that hold 3.675 billion tonnes
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Priyanka calls Pahuna her 'passion project' as film premieres at Toronto fest	9.9.2017	Cinema-Showbiz
Priyanka Chopra, who was present at the premiere of her production "Pahuna: The Little Visitors" at the Toronto International Film Festival, called the movie her "passion project" because it allowed her to have the voice of the north-east heard on the big screen.
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Onam special: The unexplored Kerala	4.9.2017	Rediff: GetAhead
Not many have seen the Kerala in which coconut trees are sparse but waterfalls, lush valleys, and deep forests are abundant.
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Odisha villagers grow back their forest	3.9.2017	Hindu: Other States
International market for medicinal wild produce sparks interest in its regeneration
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An ongoing battle	30.8.2017	FrontLine: Social Issues
The way in which coal blocks are allotted and land is acquired in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh shows that the fight to save natural resources and the environment and to protect the rights of forest-dwelling communities will continue for a long time to come. By PRIYA PILLAI
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An ongoing battle	30.8.2017	FrontLine: Home
The way in which coal blocks are allotted and land is acquired in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh shows that the fight to save natural resources and the environment and to protect the rights of forest-dwelling communities will continue for a long time to come. By PRIYA PILLAI
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Backgrounder: Inspiring Stories - Women Transforming India Awards, 2017	30.8.2017	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, Aug 29: Women Transforming India Awards was launched by NITI Aayog, in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov, to recognize the transformational impact of work undertaken by women across India's villages, towns and cities.
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In defence of science	29.8.2017	FrontLine: Home
In the face of drastically reduced funding for science and research bodies and the blatant promotion of unscientific ideas and mythologies in institutions, members of the scientific community take out massive marches for science across the country. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Against the violence of ‘development’	29.8.2017	FrontLine: Home
Corporate interests are trying to grab enormous tracts of land with the support of the state, but their attempts are being met with an unprecedented unity among landowners and others dependent on the land for their livelihood. By VIJOO KRISHNAN
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Backgrounder: Inspiring Stories - Women Transforming India Awards, 2017	29.8.2017	Govt of india: PIB
Women Transforming India Awards was launched by NITI Aayog, in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov, to recognize the transformational impact of work undertaken by women across India's villages, towns and cities.
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Parliamentary panel flags severe loopholes in existing field trial system of GM crops	25.8.2017	TOI: India

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Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field -chieftain	23.8.2017	TOI: Intl Business
PERU-OIL/INDIGENOUS (PIX, TV):Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field -chieftain
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FEATURE-Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta	21.8.2017	DNA: Evolutions
By Thin Lei Win BANGKOK, Aug 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F ast-dwindling mangroves in Myanmar's low-lying Ayeyarwady Delta, ravaged by decades of deforestation and conversion of land for agriculture and aquaculture, could find an unlikely saviour - drones.
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Living on the edge	14.8.2017	Deccan Herald - Supplements
India, with its 1.3 billion people, has one of the highest human population densities in the world. Yet, for centuries, the country has also been home to many tropical wild animals. With changing times and an ever-increasing population, however, the lines between human settlements and forests have started to blur. As a natural effect of this, conflict incidents between humans and wildlife have come to light more frequently in recent times. This has initiated a need to understand why and how such conflicts ensue. How do communities living on the edges of the forest ward off wild animals? For example, people use many mitigation measures to protect their livestock and fields, but we don't have a clear idea about how effective their strategies are. And how do people perceive animals trampling fields and stealing livestock? To answer these pertinent questions, Dr Krithi K Karanth and Sahila Kudalkar from the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA and the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, have ...
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Nationwide drive to protect elephant corridors, habitats	11.8.2017	The Assam Tribune
Nationwide drive to protect elephant corridors, habitats
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Conserve nature : CCF Lokho Puni	10.8.2017	Manipur: E-Pao
Conserve nature : CCF Lokho Puni
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Sarvodaya, the solution to the ills of capitalism and socialism	9.8.2017	Hindu: Home
We are in an age where bioregionalism has become crucial. It is time the natural world is allowed to determine the economic and social life of human communities.
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