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Volume 6: Part 1 30 June 2010 No. 12

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1. Protect Our Planet 1 PROTECT OUR PLANET

2. Alarming state of the World’s
Indigenous People (adivasis) 2
3. In the heartland of 3-6,
Rebellion, Gautam Navlakha 87-90
4. Pakistan-America Relations, 7-8,
K. Alan Kronstadt 85-86
5. Bhim Singh v. Union of 9-22,
India & Ors. (IND-SC) 71-84
6. Osland v Secretary to 23-34,
Dept of Justice [AUS-HC] 59-70
7. General Index for Law
Animated World, Vol. 6,
Part 1 (2010 January to June) 35-58
8. Polavaram Project details 91
9. Adivasi movement song,
Jharkhand Forum 92
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People’s movements
only solution
we must, at all costs and under any circumstances, since to the best of our
knowledge this is the only bio-sustaining planet in the solar system and we
have nowhere else to go. Already we humans have so cruelly caused the
extinction of thousands of other bio-species on this earth. What is more
appalling is that we are now inviting our own destruction – acting like a
fool cutting down the very branch on which he is sitting. The unrestrained
proliferation of our population, the mania for industrialization and the
passion for construction of big dams causing untold human tragedies and
irreversible eco-degradation and use of science and technology to wrong
ends creating and increasing the risk of a nuclear holocaust and chemical
catastrophes, the wrong sort of globalization processes depriving billions of
our own kind the minimum means of livelihood – all this is slowly driving
us to the brink of possible extinction even. In this context, it would suffice
for us to concur with and echo this enlightening exhortation of the UNEP:
“…humans are among only a handful of species whose populations are
growing, while most animals and plants are becoming rarer and fewer. A total
of 17,291 species are known to be threatened with extinction … The reason? –
Human activities. With our present approach to development, we have caused
the clearing of much of the original forest, drained half of the world’s
wetlands, depleted three quarters of all fish stocks, and emitted enough heat-
trapping gases to keep our planet warming for centuries to come. We …
making species extinctions occur at up to 1000 times the natural rate. As a
result, we are increasingly risking the loss of the very foundation of our own
survival. The variety of life on our planet – known as ‘biodiversity’ – gives us
our food, clothes, fuel, medicine and much, much more. You may not think
that a beetle in your backyard or grass growing by the roadside has a
fundamental connection to you - but it does. When even one species is taken
out of the intricate web of life, the results can be catastrophic. For this reason,
the United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. It
is an opportunity to stress the importance of biodiversity for human well-
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being, reflect on our achievements to
safeguard it and encourage a
redoubling of our efforts to reduce the
rate of biodiversity loss.” ♣♣♣