Author: Suresh Nautiyal

COVID-19: An environmental disaster of massive proportions

– Suresh Nautiyal THERE are numerous theories about the extinction of species like dinosaurs. But, I am of the understanding, as a green activist, that…

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“We are becoming a wasteful society,” says prominent Indian Environmentalist Sunita Narain

New Delhi, July 11, 2016: “We are becoming a wasteful society, said Ms. Sunita Narain, Director-General Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi India while speaking…

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LIKE GREENS, OTHERS NEED TO RECOGNISE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA!

“White Australia has a Black history!” These undeviating and unpretentious words written on the Aborigin/Indigenous people’s flag-logo on the T-shirt of Dominic WY Kanak, Waverley…

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The Climate Action in the Indian state of Uttarakhand

URGENT COLLECTIVE EFFORTS NEEDED TO SAVE OUR ONLY EARTH, OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE! Suresh Nautiyal Member, International Coordination Committee, Global Greens. Convener, National & International Affairs,…

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India: The Politics of Green Ideology

  Green activist, journalist and GGC Member IN INDIA, the Sixteenth Lok Sabha General Election-2014 is to be over on May 12 and results will…

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UN World Summit on Sustainable Development or Rio+ Summit from 13 to 22 June 2012.

RIO+20 SUMMIT NOT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR “PARADIGM SHIFT” DESPITE reservations of a few nations including the US, on certain points, the ten-day historic United…

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Yes, there is a future for Green politics in India

MORE than 1.3 billion people and no Greens? More than 1300 political organisations and hardly any Green organisations! The answer is both ‘yes’ and ‘no’…

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Suresh Nautiyal’s Keynote address on the Himalaya Day functions at the Apeejay University, Haryana on September 9, 2011.

The expedited glacial retreat in the Himalaya is an ecological threat Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Ladies, Gentlemen and dear students, I feel obliged and honoured…

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Indian perspective with reference to the Central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand

The direct democracy at village level: Obstacles and possibilities Presentation made at the “The 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy” Summit at San Francisco,…

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FOREWORD TO THE BOOK — “THE RULING STICK: UTTARAKHAND PANCHAYATI VAN NIYAMAVALI, 2005 (PANCHAYAT FOREST RULES, 2005)” UNDER THE SUB-HEADING, GOVERNMENT’S LAWS AND REGULATION VERSUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

The Van Panchayat (village forest council) mechanism has been in practice in the Central Himalayan Region of India (now state of Uttarakhand) for over seventy…

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