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Last updated:
January 30, 2001
Appropriate Technology
News - Himalayan culture falling prey to alien influences (HT - 1/11/00)
News - CAPART Calls for documentation of rural tech (2/17/99)
Preserving Biodiversity
Article - The Story of One Village (Suryanarayan and Kothari - 4/19/99)
Article - Seed Supremo: Vijay Jardhari's Efforts (Down to Earth - 12/31/98)
Synopsis - Save the Seeds Movement (UN)
Article - Stating the case for Agricultural Biodiversity (IDRC)
NGO Project - "Navdanya" Research Foundation for Science, Technology, & Ecology
NGO Project - Silk and Honey: Biodiversity Conservation Network (USAID)
News - Need to conserve Uttarakhand's biodiversity stressed (UNI - 5/9/99)
News - Experts call for conservation (10/18/99)
News - Government efforts to save biodiversity (UNI - 8/12/98)
News - Government blasted for neglect of conservation (IE - 6/23/97)
Chipko
Past, Present, and Future
Article - Women of Uttarakhand (RR - 5/10/96)
Article - Solving Conflicts to save Shiva's Locks (Küchli, 99)
Case Study - Chipko Movement (TED Database)
Synopsis - Chipko Movement (IISD Database)
Personality - Mark Shepard's Gandhi Today (pp. 53-62 on Chandi Prasad Bhatt)
Personality - Jagat Singh, A Travelling Reforester (ToI - 9/2/97)
Personality - Visheswar Dutt Saklani, Reforester of mid 20th Century (UNI - 12/9/97)
Personality - The Story of Gaura Devi (The Hindu - 5/21/00)
News - Relaunch Chipko to protest Himachal decision: Bahuguna (2/2/00)
News - Need to rewrite forest rules (10/18/99)
News - Village-level plan to conserve forests (9/8/98)
News - Chipko Today - Going after the Government/Mafia (Hindu - 6/25/98)
Chetna Andolan
The Fight against Corruption
News - Mobilising themselves against a callous Admn (HT - 3/7/97)
News - Movement against corruption gaining momentum (HT- 3/3/97)
Cultural Survival
News - REACH to preserve Garhwal's ancient monuments (2/21/99)
News - Sharadotsav in Mussoorie (2/4/99)
News - Cultural life seriously eroded (6/19/99)
The Fight against Alcoholism
News - Uttaranchal to adopt total prohibition (IE -11/15/00)
News - Sale of liquor to be promoted in Garhwal districts (1/23/00)
News - Dehra Dun tense as D-day for auction of liquor vends (HT - 3/21/99)
News - Garhwal students prefer jobs to liquor vends (TOI - 3/17/99)
News - Another Martyr for Prohibition (4/5/98)
News - UP hills echo anti-liquor call: Slain scribe remembered in Uttarakhand (HT - 4/19/97)
Struggles against Pollution and Urban Sprawl
News - Threat to Naini Tal's Lake (Hindu - 4/8/00)
News - Rape of Gangotri's environment (UNI - 10/22/98)
News - Nainital Pollution (Hindu - 10/19/98)
News - Mussoorie Cleanup (UNI - 8/5/98)
News - Gangotri's woes (6/15/98)
News - Hardship in Nainital (5/13/98)
News - Mussoorie's concrete jungle (ANI - 5/1/98)
News - Of plastic bags (Hindu - 11/27/97)
News - Limestone pollution (UNI - 11/27/97)
Tehri Dam
Megaproject, Megaproblems
Photos - Photos from protests of the Tehri Dam
Notes - Some selected criticisms of the Dam Project
Documents - Tehri Dam Struggle (IRN)
Personality - Veteran Campaigner Sunderlal Bahuguna (People & the Planet - '96)
Interview - Bahuguna (Rediff - '96)
News - VHP sees Tehri dam as a threat to Hinduism (7/14/00)
News - Tehri dam issue to affect voting in Garhwal (9/8/99)
News - Narmada finds an echo in Tehri (8/11/99)
News - Bhagirathi may submerge Shiva (8/10/99)
News - Tehri dam agitation loses sting (8/10/99)
News - Total bandh in Old Tehri (7/7/99)
News - Tehri town may be vacated this winter (6/17/99)
News - Tardy rehabilitation of Tehri residents (ToI - 5/21/98)
News - Tehri dam cracks (ToI - 4/30/98)
News - New BJP govn't conflicted over Tehri (ToI - 3/25/98)
News - Panel continues study (Hindu - 11/28/97)
News - Government halts construction, Bahuguna ends fast (AFP - 11/26/97)
News - Government ignores expert views (Hindu - 11/24/97)
News - Indian activists rally to support Anti-Tehri Dam struggle (ToI - 11/21/97)
News - Bahuguna rejects government's offer, continues fast (PTI - 11/20/97)
News - 10-member committee calls for dam construction halt (Telegraph - 11/18/97)
News - Corruption at highest levels (UNI - 11/9/97)
News - Bahuguna's fast enters 35th day (PTI - 11/5/97)
News - Government Policies affecting Himalayan Belt: Bahuguna (PTI - 6/8/97)
Water/Swajal
News - Environmental campaign to save hill region's water resources (May 25, 2000)
News - Watermillers seek different water policy for the hills (August 2, 1999)
News - Water problem in Mussoorie (5/10/99)
News - Doon Valley water crisis (12/29/98)
Article - To fetch a pail of water (TheWeek 7/12/98)
Editorial - River of no return? (6/17/98)
News - "Save water movement" begins journey from Gangotri (ToI - 10/3/97)
Wildlife Protection
Institute - Wildlife Institute of India (Dehra Dun)
News - SATYA issues call to save wildlife (UNI - 10/17/98)
News - Friends of the Doon call for saving Rajaji Park (UNI - 9/24/98)
News - Problems with Poaching (ToI - 5/25/98)
News - Poaching rampant in Kumaon (ToI - 11/10/97)
Women's Empowerment
Article - Hill women succeed where government fails (Humanscape February 2000)
News - Women panchayat leaders want greater role in governance (IE - 11/18/00)
News - Women panchayat pradhans undergo training (UNI - 8/06/00)
News - The Life of Hill Women (3/09/00)
News - Women undergoing rural training (ToI - 2/17/00)
News - Women Leaders Thrive on Reputations of Honesty (1/31/00)
News - Uttarakhand women break new ground (8/23/99)
News - The Plight of Women (ToI - 6/16/98)
News - Legal Awareness: Part II (UNI - 3/10/98)
News - Legal Awareness for Women (UNI - 12/5/97)
News - Empowering Women (Hindu - 11/26/97)