National land will be donated to Brazilians in a program called ‘Terra Legal’ (Legal Land), a package of measures to boost the government-backed redistribution of land and to establish rules for those who have lived and cultivated national land without being its legal owners. The bill passed through Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies last month and […]
Brazil mulls over controversial bill to legitimize land-grab in Amazon
Brazil’s president Lula da Silva has a controversial bill on his hands: it is his call to approve or veto a law that will grant land title to 300,000 properties illegally established across some 600,000 square kilometres of protected Amazon forest. As per Global Voices Online, the bill passed through Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies last […]
Bangladesh Govt asked to stop move to handover beach mineral to foreign company
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday demanded of the government to stop the move to handover the valuable minerals in Cox’s Bazar beach to a foreign company, Premier Minerals, for export. The committee also protested the recent moves of Petrobangla to handover 75 square kilometres of additional […]
Why a separate Bundelkhand state in India?
Bundelkhand Ekikrit Party says that the only solution to develop Bundelkhand is a separate statehood. This would make the administration more efficient and also boost industrialisation in the state leading to growth in employment opportunities. BUNDELKHAND IS a fertile land, full of minerals. But due to lack of policies for proper water management, the […]
Cold Fusion: The Ghost of Free Energy
Two decades ago a pair of eminent chemists claimed to find the secret of almost limitless energy, only to have their results dismissed several weeks later. Today many scientists think there was truth in the claims but, as Jon Cartwright discovers, few are still listening The late writer Arthur C Clarke had a knack for […]
Syrians See Apple Harvest as Sign of Peace to Come
When Hala al-Safadi bit into the apple, she felt as though she had been instantly transported back to her home town, which she left for good nine years ago. “They must be from our farm there or from a nearby farm. I can smell my childhood in them,” she said. She was referring to a […]
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