By stopping social security pensions, the Karnataka government has put the lives of over 10 lakh poor in peril. Naveen Basavaraj Kuntoji is nine years old and suffers from cerebral palsy. His movements are greatly Restricted, and it looks like he is in great pain every time he valiantly wills his body to do something. When he is hungry, he slowly lifts his hand and points to his mouth. When this...
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Jairam to CMs: include foRest tribals in BPL list within 3 months
-The Hindu Almost a year after Saranda was wRested out of Maoist control by security forces, large numbers of tribal families living in the dense foRests of the Jharkhand district have found themselves left out in the cold when it comes to government assistance. “We discovered that just about 3,000 of the 7,000-odd foRest dwelling tribal families in Saranda are on the BPL [below poverty line] list,” says Rural Development Minister Jairam...
More »New FAO report profiles how sustainable foRestry can help meet development goals
-FAO The world's foRests have a major role to play in the transition to a new, greener economy, a theme being discussed at the Rio+20 Conference. But to spark that shift, governments must enact programs and policies aimed at both unlocking the potential of foRests and ensuring that they are sustainably managed, FAO said today. In a new report, The State of the World's FoRests 2012 (SOFO 2012), the UN Food and...
More »Rio+20 People's summit gathers pace-Jonathan Watts
-The Guardian The counter conference is designed to foster alternative ideas and provide an outlet for discontent They come with speeches, placards, power point presentations and drums. Some with body paint and bows and arrows. Others with suits and business plans. Almost all driven by a desire for radical change. "Come re-invent the world" is the call to the People's summit, which has opened in Rio de Janeiro to counter what many participants...
More »Sustainable foRests key to meet development goals–UN report
-The United Nations The world's foRests have a major role to play in the transition to a greener economy, but governments need to do more to ensure they are sustainably managed, according to a new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), issued today. “FoRests and trees on farms are a direct source of food, energy, and cash income for more than a billion of the world's pooRest people,”...
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