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pilot workshop@mumbai
Vulnerability to Climate Change
Mumbai-Thane Coast

a pilot workshop between fisherfolks, Coastal communities,Scientific researchers on 29th May 2010

Signs of The Times

DP-Index-may08-infocus

A section of DOCPOST which is an
extract,
executive summary, index rolled into one.


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May 2008
Title Author Source and Date
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY
Will someone please clean Bhopal? Civil Society,  01/05/2008
No support for Dow from law ministry Sreelatha Menon The Business Standard,  13/05/2008
Saare jahan se Nchha Nityanand Jayaraman The Hindustan Times

CLIMATE CHANGE
What Men Can Do... Bittu Sahgal Tehelka, 03/05/2008
Sinking without trace: Australia’s climate change victims The Independent, 05 May 2008
Met dept declares 2007 fourth warmest year since 1901 Surinder Sud The Business Standard, 12/05/2008
World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows Ian Sample The Guardian,  15/05/2008
On Climate, Symbols Can Overshadow Substance Shankar Vedantam The Washington Post, 17/05/2008
Billions wasted on UN climate programme John Vidal The Guardian,  26/05/2008

CRZ
Draft Coastal Management Zone Notification, 2008
Shakun & Company (Services) Pvt Ltd,  New Delhi, 01/05/2008
Centre bows to greens on CRZ norms Nauzer Bharucha The Times of India,  08/05/2008 
Coastal Management Zone draft finalized Press Information Bureau,  21/05/2008

CYCLONE
Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone BBC News, 04/05/2008
Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000' BBC News,  06/05/2008
Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk' Mark Kinver BBC News,  06/05/2008
Myanmar: people hit worse by cyclone Nargis than during the 2004 tsunami Reliefweb, 08/05/2008 
How Nargis Devastated an Already Vulnerable Land Markus Becker Spiege Online, 09/05/2008
Truth behind Nargis and help for bookworms  The Times of India, 11/05/2008
Did climate change cause cyclone Nargis? Down to Earth,  16/05/2008 
Why cyclone Nargis spared India K.S. RAJGOPAL The Hindu,  29/05/2008

DIASTER MANANGEMENT
BMC asks for paid labour for disaster management The Asian Age, 05/05/2008
UN 'disappointed' at Burma access BBC News, 08/05/2008
Firemen gear up for monsoon rescue The Times of India, 13/05/2008
Be prepared The Times of India, 16/05/2008
4 Years After Tsunami, Asia Better Prepared for Disasters Claudia Blume Voice of America, 23/05/2008
In the shadow of Death Amitabh Srivastava The Saharatime, 31/05/2008

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
The Good Samaritans Vinod K Shukla Sahara Time, 03/05/2008
New Town Springing Up in Quake-Hit Province Jill Drew The Washington Post, 28/05/2008
Fishermen in tsunami hit areas protest against govt apathy Daily India, 02/05/2008

DISASTER RELIEF
Aid agencies face battle to reach victims of the cyclone Andrew Buncombe The Independent, 07/05/2008
Catastrophe in Burma The Washington Post, 07/05/2008
U.S. Disaster Relief Efforts Hampered Philip Rucker The Washington Post, 08/05/2008
Forced by Nature Amitav Ghosh Hindustan Times, 10/05/2008
Burmese junta accused of hoarding food aid and handing out rotten rice Brian Rex The Independent, 14/05/2008
Inaccurate criticism of Tsunami Relief C V Sankar

The Economic & Political Weekly, 17/05/2008

Rs 6268 cr of tsunami relief funds not yet used Srinand Jha Hindustan Times, 21/05/2008
Better proud than safe Neelesh Misra The Hindustan Times, 23/05/2008

EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
These islands source of tectonic information S. Dorairaj The Hindu, 12/05/2008
Earthquake prediction from space is more accurate Yury Zaitsev The Hindu, 25/05/2008

EARTHQUAKE
Killer quake flattens schools, homes The Telegraph, 13/05/2008
India-Asia collision led to killer China quake The Times of India, 14/05/200
Alarm as cracks appear in earthquake dams Clifford Coonan The Independent, 15/05/2008
Beichuan: a vision of hell Clifford Coonan The Independent, 16/05/2008
China quake toll rises to 50,000 Saibal Dasgupta The Times of India, 16/05/2008
Beijing's quick response to disaster won't cover cracks of corruption Will Hutton The observer, 18/05/2008
1 dead, 400 injured in China aftershock The Hindustan Times, 26/05/2008
'Quake lakes' threaten China The Times of India, 27/05/2008

ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE
Undersea ecology changing along Goa's coast Ramnath N Pai Raikar Navhind Times, 14/05/2008

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
Fresh encroachments at Mithi may lead to floods Neeta Kolhatkar DNA, 11/05/2008
Send in the Latrines Rose George The New York Times, 19/05/2008
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice David Shukman BBC News, 23/05/2008

GLOBAL WARMING
Peace with the Planet Al Gore Resurgence, 01/05/2008
Natural changes pinned to warming Richard Black BBC News, 14/05/2008

HURRICANE
'Fewer hurricanes' as world warms Mark Kinver BBC News, 18/05/2008
Safety Lapses Raised Risks In Trailers for Katrina Victims Spencer S.Hsu The Washington Post, 25/05/2008

LAND EROSION
Degradation of Coastline
Press Information Bureau, 08/05/2008
Majuli under threat Surajit Talukdar Sahara Time, 10/05/2008

MANGROVES
Navi Mumbai mangrove fate hangs in balance Viju B The Times of India, 01/05/2008

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DISASTER
The Cyclone Disaster In Myanmar & The Human Tragedy of Global Capitalism Li Onesto Countercurrents.org, 20/05/2008

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DISASTER - CARBON EMISSION
Climate tax in offing Archita Bhatta Down to Earth, 01/05/2008

STORM
Rescuers Search Wreckage After at Least 23 are Killed in Storms John Sllivan The New York Times, 12/05/2008
124 die as duststorm sweeps UP Amita Varma The Asian Age, 16/05/2008
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