Full Coverage: Land

28.02.2006 Farmers snatched 50 sacks of urea at Keshabpur upazila in Jessore on Sunday evening after failing to collect any from dealers.

17.02.2006 In response to the French Government's decision to recall their warship, Le Clemenceau, to France, Greenpeace invited members of the Indian ship-breaking association to take advantage of the opportunity to transform the Indian ship-breaking industry to international standards in alignment with national and international law and respect for human rights and environment.

13.02.2006 Sitting in his neighbour's swirling field of poppy, wearing dusty clothes, farmer Abdul Qauom, 32, is keen to find an alternative crop that will earn him a living after his two hectares of opium fields were recently destroyed by state security forces, in line with government policy.

10.02.2006 Fore more than ten years residents of Saleli in Goa had complained to the government over the pollution caused by the stone crushing units in their village. When the government did not pay heed, they assaulted and killed a miner after which villagers from nearly 60 villages in Goa are now participating in protests againt pollution and mining.

01.02.2006 The marriage of public and private efforts has helped the highly impoverished Anosy Region of Madagascar--where more than 80% of the population live below the national poverty line--to forge a sustainable development plan. Anosy has benefited from a combination of community participation, financial support from USAID, and technical assistance from a multinational company.

01.02.2006 Two Indian Non-Government Organisation - the Jharkhandi Organisation for Human Rights (JOHAR) and the Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee(JMACC) - have alleged that landmines were used to kill the indigenous people in Kalinga Nagar in Orissa. The tribals had been protesting against the government over inadequate compensation for acquiring their land for a steel plant.