JULY 31, 2004
         
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Forestry Research Education and Extension Project (FREEP), an ambitious eco-development project sponsored by the World Bank, has turned out to be a damp squib. Launched in 1994 in the Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh and at Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, the five-year project – the first of its kind – was aimed at generating alternative employment to reduce 'encroachments' on forests.  An exclusive report on the realities…
dot.gif (305 bytes) Eco-development takes a back seat >>

dot.gif (305 bytes)  Left in the lurch>>
dot.gif (305 bytes) Project disaster: Nothing new, says director >>

dot.gif (305 bytes) Well begun, but half done >>
dot.gif (305 bytes) Figures that show it all>>
dot.gif (305 bytes) Web Exclusive: World Bank officials list their priorities>>

 

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India Eco-Development Project: launched with lofty ideals but later  abandoned by the World Bank. But, armed with a new version, the govt is back at the Bank's door. Question is, why should the govt link conservation to hefty loans?
dot.gif (305 bytes) A US $67 million question
dot.gif (305 bytes) Lost in transit
dot.gif (305 bytes) Conserve or pickle?
dot.gif (305 bytes) Eco-development: Will the idea survive?
dot.gif (305 bytes) No more skewed vision, please

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