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Expert Interview Dr. Rajesh Gopal, former ADG(PT) and MS(NTCA)

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  1.       Please spell out your vision for tiger reserves management and tiger conservation. I would like you to spell out the vision of late PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi when she set up Project Tiger as a project that will protect habitat for prey base of the tiger too. The vision document of NTCA/Project Tiger (Amrit Kaal Ka Tiger Vision: Tiger@2047) highlights the following:   Vision: Securing Tigers for Posterity. Goal: To maintain a viable and sustainable population of tiger in the wild based on carrying capacity of the habitat and to bring all potential tiger habitat under the coverage of Project Tiger. Objective: To ensure maintenance of a viable population of tiger in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values and presence for all times, areas of biological diversity for benefit, education and awareness of the society. Perspective: ·         Mascot of livelihood and sust...
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 The editorial titled Prince Harry makes a point, a case for access to mental health care has moved to https://capturingcurrents.blogspot.com/2023/02/prince-harry-makes-point-case-for.html 
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Interview with Dr. C.P. Rajendran, Adjunct Professor National Institute of Advanced Studies Bengaluru

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In view of the recent subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath area and also in Nainital etc.... concern of the locals is growing that they might be swallowed up by the subsidence. Digital Discourse Foundation's Malini Shankar conducted an expert interview with a geoscientist - Dr. C.P. Rajendran, Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore.  Construction in the Himalayan region in the name of development is not just eco detrimental but suicidal. Photo Credit: Malini Shankar 1.      Dr. Rajendran,  You have been an outspoken critic of the Char Dham project. But the government is going ahead with construction activity at a relentless pace. In the next ten years, they are planning to build 66 tunnels in the small hill state of Uttarakhand.  We already have 18 tunnels in operation. Your comments? A : “I have always thought the Char Dham road project is a “freeway to disaster”. As feared, it is indeed turning out to be an unscie...
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Interview of Manil Joshua, CEO, Founder Member SEDS NGO Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

  Interview Manil Joshua SEDS Anantapur 1.        What are the rural development initiatives undertaken by SEDS?   ·          Afforestation ·          Vocational Training Programme ·          Food for work programme ·          Self Help Groups for women ·          Water shed programme ·          Dry land horticulture and reforestation ·          Natural Resources Management ·          Safe Drinking Water & Repair of Hand pumps ·          Health and Sanitation Programme ·          Flood relief programme ·    ...
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