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Source: www.esgindia.org The Kali river
is one of many rivers that flows in the richly forested area of the A number of people of Uttara Kannada want to put an end to this and want to protect the river for posterity. As a result, the Kali Bachao Andolan (Movement to Save the Kali) has been formed by Parisara Samrakshana Kendra of Uttara Kannada and the Environment Support Group along with several local community organizations and tribal villages of Uttara Kannada. |
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National Campaign for Environmental Justice in India Since mid-2004, a nation wide effort has been made by various organisations and researchers addressing the Ministry of Environment and Forest over (a) its aggressive and mindless promotion of "development" that threatens wildlife, environment and human rights, and (b) the secrecy by which it is pushing though a series of policy and legislative changes in environmental clearance processes. This network has written a series of open letters to the Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office protesting this trend. This has evolved into efforts such as EC-Watch (Environmental Clearance Watch) for the purpose of monitoring environmental decision-making processes. This informal group has rejected sham consultations and walked out of them, protested the secrecy around the draft National Environment Policy and have managed to make public this secretive document. This ongoing co-ordinated effort has recently evolved into a National Campaign for Environmental Justice in India. On November 13th and 14th 2005, this campaign is organizing "MoEF Suno", a public hearing to take stock of Environmental Impact Assessment Notification and Environmental Clearance Process in India, and "MoEF Chalo", a march to MoEF to present them with individual and collective critiques of the draft EIA Notification which the Ministry wants to bring into force ...... Read More Source: www.esgindia.org |