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While the government has allocated 14 of the 17 coal blocks up for auction last week to public sector units, a Greenpeace India report points out that at least eight of them are in dense forest areas

New Delhi, 22 November, 2011: Coal mining poses a serious threat to tigers in Maharashtra's Chandrapur region, near the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and must be reined in.This is the verdict of a Fact Finding Mission to the area organized by Greenpeace India, consisting of wildlife experts Praveen Bhargav and Biswajit Mohanty and environmental lawyer Rahul Choudhary.

The case seeks to stop Greenpeace's criticisms of Essar's planned coal mine in Mahan forests. Greenpeace India today warned that the IB report has become a tool in the hands of parties with vested interests, but affirmed it would fully respond to the issues in court.

The 'call for documents' is the first formal step towards this process, where the forest rights committee at the village level writes to the SDLC to furnish all historical documents, which can help them prove their claim," says Priya Pillai, member of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS) [1] and senior campaigner with Greenpeace India, who has ...

Greenpeace reaffirms support for Indigenous people's rights in forest conservation. by Greenpeace India July 21, 2019 Delhi, India, 22 July 2019 – In response to developments following India's Supreme Court ordering the eviction of millions of tribal and other forest-dwelling people in February 2019, Greenpeace reaffirms.

21-Aug-2012- An effort to stop the Government from cutting down giant areas of forest in Central India to get the coal that lies beneath. See more ideas about Woods, Forests and Coal mining.

Now, the government is reviewing major environmental laws, including the Forest Rights Act, that have been key in protecting forest dwellers. Greenpeace India's senior coal campaigner Priya Pillai said: "After being termed 'anti-national' by sections of this government, it is refreshing to see them accepting what Greenpeace and Mahan ...

Reacting to this Pujarini Sen from Greenpeace India said: "After allocating a mere 400 crore for implementation of National Clean Air Program (NCAP) which was supposed to move India towards clean air, Government approval for Rs.11,089.42 crore investment for a coal power plant in the most polluted National Capital Region (NCR) is a double ...

Jan 14, 2015· A Greenpeace balloon flies over forests in Mahan, India, which are threatened by coal mining. Photograph: Ronny Sen/Greenpeace M ahan in Madhya Pradesh is one of the oldest and largest sal forests ...

ecoStar is a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified recycled paper made from post consumer waste fibres. ... coal industry wants to do the same in India. 2 The industry claims that metallurgical coal is indispensable to steel ... ©Greenpeace/ Lu Guang Steeling the Future: The truth behind Australian metallurgical coal exports 7

India must stop human rights violations by coal companies determined to exploit its vast reserves, according to a new report from Greenpeace and local NGO Kalpavriksh. Launching the joint report on the sidelines of the Convention on Biological Diversity's summit, the three organisations urged the ...

The activists called on the government to halt all new coal mining in India's forest areas and show they are serious about conserving biodiversity. "If you look at what is happening in India right now in terms of forest and biodiversity loss, it is phenomenal," Greenpeace India .

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The forest is spread across 1,600 hectares and is home to over 50,000 indigenous people and several endangered wildlife species. Greenpeace India expects the destruction of up to a million trees in the forest as coal is extracted from Amelia.

COAL CURSE. Synopsis - The documentary film explores the political economy of coal in contemporary India with the situation in Singrauli as a case study. Coal is used to generate more than half the electricity used in India. The black mineral is crucial for the .

This was an aftermath of a dramatic protest at Essar's headquarters in Mumbai on January 22, against forest destruction for the planned coal mine in Mahan forests of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. Essar also filed for Rs. 500-crore of damages from Greenpeace and villagers in Mahan.

Tigers vs. coal in India: when big energy meets vanishing cats ... but now a new Greenpeace report warns that coal may also imperil the world's biggest feline: the tiger. ... "India's forest ...

The Elephant population in Chhattisgarh has grown since the pachyderms started visiting the state's forests in late '80s due to rampant deforestation in Odisha and Jharkhand. This has resulted in an increase in human-elephant conflict - human deaths have increased to an average of 25 a year and around 14 elephants have died due to electrocution in Chhattisgarh between 2005 and 2013.

Eighty local community members successfully stopped work on an Essar-led coal mine in Mahan forest, Madhya Pradesh yesterday. The villagers oppose the mine, which would destroy the forest on which they depend for livelihood. They accuse the company and government of violating the Forest Rights Act. ... by Greenpeace India July 21, 2019. Delhi ...

Greenpeace India is the Indian branch of the global environmental group Greenpeace, a non-profit NGO, with a presence in 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia.Greenpeace India has legally registered society in 4 locations with Bengaluru has its headquarters and .

Pillai and Greenpeace India have been supporting tribal villages in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh opposed to the Mahan coal mine, which threatens a large forest area that many thousands depend on for their livelihoods. Prior to its de-allocation by the Supreme Court in the "coalgate" verdict, the Mahan coal block was allocated ...

Aug 11, 2015· India's war on Greenpeace ... all the money that Greenpeace India had in its bank accounts ... A banner will say 'Forests Not Coal', so it seems the message is India .

Community Forest Rights and Coal Mining Regions of India A discussion paper by Kalpavriksh and Greenpeace Countering Coal? Greenpeace India Society Head Office - Bengaluru # 60, Wellington Street, Richmond Town, Bengaluru 560 025, India T +91 80 42821010 F +91 80 41154862 Regional Office - New Delhi A-23, Second floor, Green Park (near ...

Greenpeace India. Subscribe Subscribed ... Coal mining has affected the forests including the tribal communities, and our national animal, the tiger, and also other living beings dependent on our ...
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