7th May 2017 - Ecologise

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Conflict/Dispossession

Worst drought in 140 years leads to farmer deaths, riots, policy impasse in Cauvery Delta

7th May 2017

Keith Schneider reports: The thickening chain of death and sorrow in the Cauvery Delta, formed from the powerful links of water, agricultural, and industrial policy, is bludgeoning Tamil Nadu. The human toll, counted in the escalating numbers of shattered hearts, is a disturbing measure of how extravagant, water-consuming development practices no longer fit environmental conditions….

Conflict/Dispossession

Not so cute: World Wildlife Fund declared ‘greenwasher of the year’

‘Greenwashing’ has been defined as creating “a false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.” Not something you would normally associate with the WWF, whose cute Panda logo has helped make it the face of wildlife conservation globally. But there’s more to the story, as this new report shows….

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Worst drought in 140 years leads to farmer deaths, riots, policy impasse in Cauvery Delta

Not so cute: World Wildlife Fund declared ‘greenwasher of the year’