Articles by Kalpavriksh members between 2002 and 2005

Kothari, Ashish and Shalini Bhutani. Biodiversity Rights of Developing Nations: A Perspective from India. Golden Gate University Law Review, 32(4), Spring 2002.

Kothari, Ashish and Anuprita Patel. Environment as Human Rights (final dossier for UGC,)

Kothari, Ashish. Some Food for Thought, Deccan Herald, 7 April, 2002

Kothari, Ashish. Ek Kahani Jungle aur Beej Bachane Ki (Hindi) in several newspapers, May 2002

Kothari, Ashish. Bold Experiment…or Mirage? In Maharishi, A. (ed.). 2002. A Common Cause: NGOs and Civil Society. National Foundation for India, New Delhi.

Kothari, Ashish. Nature Conservation Areas: Who Will Protect Them? In Marothia, D.K. 2002.

Kothari, Ashish. Institutionalising Common Pool Resources. Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.

Kothari, Ashish. Greening or Greenwash? Seminar 516, August 2002.

Kothari, Ashish. Editorial, Co-edited with Jessica Brown. Special issue on Local Communities and Protected Areas, of PARKS, Journal of the IUCN Protected Areas Programme.

Kothari, Ashish and Kanchi Kohli. A Plan for Life, The Hindu, January 19, 2003

Kothari, Ashish and Kanchi Kohli. Feet Firmly on the Ground. Hindustan Times, 22 January, 2003.

Kothari, Ashish. Celebrating Diversity! Sanctuary Asia. February 2003.

Kothari, Ashish. Protected Areas and Social Justice: The View from South Asia. George Wright Forum, 20(1). 2003.

Kothari, Ashish. Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation in India: Key Recommendations from the NBSAP Process. News EE, Vol. 9 No. 4, July-August. 2003

Kothari, Ashish and Kanchi Kohli, A National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Biodiversity: Journal of Life on Earth, September 2003

Kothari, Ashish. Signs of Hope, Signs of Despair? Hindustan Times, and www.hindustantimes.com/citizensnews, 15.8.2003.

Kothari, Ashish and Kanchi Kohli. Pariyojana, Nadiyan Ko Jodane Ya Samapt Karne Ki? (Hindi). Several Hindi newspapers. 2003/04

Kothari, Ashish and Anuprita Patel. Environment as a Human Right: A Dossier. Prepared for UGC, under a programme of the Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation. Unpublished. 2003

Kothari, Ashish. Approaching Food Justice. Note for Greenpeace International. Unpublished. 2003
Kothari, Ashish. Illiterate Women Lead Organic Drive. Grassroots, Vol. 4 No. 9, September.2003.

Kothari, Ashish and Pathak, Neema. Community Conserved Areas in India. Policy Matters, Issue No. 12, September 2003.

Kothari, Ashish. Introduction, Conclusion, and editing of chapter on Protected Areas. In Towards Better Practice in Protected Areas and Technology Transfer. ELCI, Kalpavriksh, and other NGOs. 2004

Kothari, Ashish. “Protected Areas and People: Participation and Equity”, in Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Biodiversity Issues for Consideration in the Planning, Establishment and Management of Protected Areas Sites and Networks, CBD Technical Series no. 15, Montreal (Canada). 2004

Kothari, Ashish and Shalini Bhutani . On Plant varieties protection Act. March 2004: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/03/12/stories/2004031200100900.htm
Kothari, Ashish. Protected Areas and Social Justice: The View from South Asia. The George Wright Forum, Vol. 20 No.1. 2003
Kothari, Ashish and Kanchi Kohli. When Logic Doesn’t Wash. Hindustan Times,

Kothari Ashish and Pathak Neema, ‘Making Peace with the Earth’, The Hindu. June 30, 2004

Kothari Ashish, ‘Environment and the New Government’, www.indiatogether.org, June 5, 2004.

Kothari Ashish, ‘Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve: We Also Saw Tigers!’, Sanctuary Asia, June 2004.

Kothari Ashish and Pathak Neema, ‘Periyar Tiger Reserve: Of People and Participation’, Hindu Survey of the Environment, 2004

Kothari Ashish, ‘A Promise Belied’. (On the Common Minimum Programme). Frontline, Aug. 13, 2004

Kothari Ashish, Monsoon Magic. Hindu Young World, Sept 11, 2004

Kothari Ashish, Draft National Environment Policy 2004: A Critique. Economic and Political Weekly, October 23, 2004

Kothari Ashish and Rao Sunita, ‘A Beautiful North’, Outlook Traveller, October 2004

Kothari Ashish, ‘A Defective Document’, (On the draft National Environment Policy). Frontline, November 5, 2004

Kothari Ashish, ‘In the Land of the Invisible Tiger’, Chandamama, November 2004

Kothari Ashish, ‘The City for Bipeds’, The Hindu Magazine, November 21, 2004

Kothari Ashish, Critique of Govt. of India project proposal to GEF, “Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood :Improvement in Forested Landscapes” (sent to MoEF)

Kothari Ashish and Pathak Neema, ‘Can communities protect Important Bird Areas?’ In Islam, M.Z. and Rahmani, A.R. 2004. Important Bird Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation. Indian Bird Conservation Network:Bombay Natural History Society and Birdlife International (UK), Mumbai.

Kothari Ashish, ‘Displacement fears’ Frontline, Dec. 31, 2004.

Kothari Ashish and Menon Manju ‘Coastal follies,’ InfoChange News and Features (www.infochangeindia.org), January 2005

Kothari Ashish, ‘Community-oriented conservation legislation in South Asia: Halting
progress’ In Sharma, Uday R. and Yonzon, Pralad B. (eds). 2005. People and Protected Areas in South Asia. IUCN South Asia and Resources Himalaya Foundation, Kathmandu.

Kothari Ashish, ‘Birding in Finland’, Indian Birds Vol.1(1), January-February 2005

Kothari Ashish, Drafts of: Resolution on Community Conserved Areas, for adoption at the forthcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress, November 2004. Critique of Government’s Common Minimum Programme, for submission to the National Advisory Council.

Kothari Ashish, Pathak, Neema, Kanchi Kohli, Contributions to:
Acts of Omission, Acts of Commission: Land and Housing Rights in India, a civil society report to the United Nations, published by Habitat International Coalition – Housing and Land Rights Network on behalf of several groups including Kalpavriksh.
The finalisation and publication of Towards Participatory Conservation: Paradigm Shifts in International Policy, Kalpavriksh and TILCEPA.
Kalpavriksh report: “Allain Duhangan Hydrelectric project: Report of a pre-public hearing focused group meeting at Jagatsukh village, 1.5. 2004.


Bhatt Seema, ‘Yuksam Dzongri Trail’, Chandamama, October 2004


Sekhsaria, Pankaj. The Colonisation of Little Andamans, Combat Law, April – May 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. To save an archipelago. Frontline, June 21, 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Ecological treasures …. Unlimited. The Hindu Sunday Magazine, July 7, 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Minor Port. Major Trouble! The Hindu Business Line, July 29, 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Andamans: Supreme Court Steps in, Sanctuary, August 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. The Eco-tourism Juggernaut, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, November 3, 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. The Sulphur World, Sanctuary, December 2002

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Can this save the forests?, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, February 23, 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. An Exotic Problem, Sanctuary, April 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Yesterday's Timber, Today's Forests. Sanctuary, June 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Andamans' Last Chance: An oppurtunity lost', The Hindu Survey of the Environment, June 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Okinawa, the dugong's last hope, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, August 3, 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. 'Heart of Darkness', The Sunday Express, August 31, 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Little Andaman Interdependence, Defending Wild India (Publication on the occasion of the Seminar of the Centenary Jourmal of the BNHS), November 2003.

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Vigilance needed over Andamans' Tribal Reserves, National Parks and Protected Areas International Bulletin, November 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. WTO world village ', Himal, November 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Jarawas at a crossroads, Frontline, December 5, 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Failing the Jarawas, Frontline, December 5, 2003

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Questions about a road, Combat Law, Dec-Jan 2004

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Business interests supercede environmental interests, www.infochangeindia.org, January 2004.

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Hope along the Gujarat coastline, www.infochangeindia.org, February 2004.

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Turmeric yellow, hibiscus red: Campaigning for a ‘green' Holi, www.infochangeindia.org, March 2004

Sekhsaria, Pankaj . Expressway…to where?, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, 14/03/04.

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Caught in a corporate web. The Hindu Sunday Magazine, 28/03/04

Sekhsaria, Pankaj. Article on the Malenadu Home Garden & Seed Exchange Collective” appears in News EE (CEE publication)

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘The Andamans Tribal Reserves’, Sanctuary, April 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘What hope for the Jarawa’, www.infochangeindia.org, April 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘What hope for the Olive Ridley Turtle?’, National Parks and Protected Areas International Bulletin, May 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘In the name of the Jarawa.’ www.infochangeindia.org, May 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, 'Are you giving me a loan?'. The Hindu Sunday Magazine, May 16,

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Paradise Lost?.’ Outlook Traveller, June 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Reliance Vs the Olive Ridley Turtle’www.infochangeindia.org, June 2004 ' Biosphere in Peril', The Hindu Sunday Magazine, June 13, 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, 'Playing gold besides a watery grave', www.infochangeindia.org, July 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Train No. 6010’, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, September 5, 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Pitting Communities against conservation’, September 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘A Dangerous Sahara’, Sanctuary, October 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘The future of Pune's public transport’, www.indiatogether.org, November 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘A footnote forgotten’, Tehelka, December 4, 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Arribadas and Goodbyes!’, Sanctuary, December 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Winter is here, so are the birds’, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, December 12, 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Forced displacement from protected areas: The spectre looms large’, www.infochangeindia.org, December 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘IBAs and Tribal Reserves’, Mistnet, July, December 2004

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘The Dhamra Port in Orissa’, Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter, January 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Water water everywhere, but…’, Chandamama, January 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Let nature's defences be’, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, January 9, 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Andaman's agony’, Frontline, January 14, 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Islands green cover under threat,’ Tehelka, January 29, 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘The real work begins now’, Tehelka, February 5, 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘What hope for the tribes’, Tehelka, February 12, 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘On to Rutland Island’, Chandamama, February 2005

Sekhsaria Pankaj, ‘Illegal logging and Deforestation in Andaman & Nicobar Islands,India: The Story of Little Andaman Island’, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Hathworth Press & Food Products Press, USA, Volume 19, Nos. 1/2/3

Kohli, Kanchi. Not for You to Say Mine, Pioneer, August 1, 2002

Kohli, Kanchi and Menon, Manju. Quick Fixes, Hindustan Times, August 22, 2002

Kohli, Kanchi and Konthoujam Khelchandra Singh. It’s a matter of Life, North East Sun, December 14, 2002

Kohli, Kanchi. Ecoregional Planning, Frontline, Jan 3, 2003

Kohli, Kanchi and Menon, Manju. Environmental Impacts: Biased Assessments, Hindu Survey of the Environment, 2002

Kohli, Kanchi and Ajay Mahajan. New Threats to Forests, Hindu Survey of the Environment, 2002

Kohli, Kanchi, Mine- Not Yours, Hindu Young World, June 7, 2003

Kohli, Kanchi, Life Leased Out, Ecologist Asia, April-June 2003

Kohli, Kanchi and Kothari, Ashish, A national plan, built from below?- The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Social Change, June-September 2003

Kohli, Kanchi, Cultivating Diversity, Frontline, October 10, 2003

Shalini Bhutani and Kohli, Kanchi, Food for thought…and a thought for your food, Chandamama, October 2003

Kohli, Kanchi, Fight for Water, Hindu Sunday Magazine, 23rd November 2003

Whose Intellect, What Property?, Hindu Business Line, 9th December 2003

Kohli, Kanchi, Flyovers as First Floors, Deccan Herald, 18th January 2004

Shalini Bhutani and Kohli, Kanchi, Just Leave the Seed Alone,Hindu Business Line, 12th March 2004.

Kohli, Kanchi, Make a Choice Now, Hindu Young World, 20th March 2004

Kohli, Kanchi, Diverting a River, west to east, www.indiatogether.org, March 2004

Kohli, Kanchi, Mine, not yours!, Hindu Sunday Magazine, 28th March

Kohli Kanchi, ‘An Impacted Assessment Process’, www.indiatogether.org, April 2004

Kohli Kanchi and Menon, Manju, ‘Reliving Mahadayi’, Sanctuary Asia, Vol XXIV, No.2, April 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘How Green was the Revolution’, Humanscape, May 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Interchanging the Greens’, www.indiatogether.org, May 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘It Chokes, it Kills’, Hindu Young World, June 26, 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Himachal Power Project Under scrutiny ’www.indiatogether.org,June 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Biodiversity Ruled Out’, www.indiatogether.org, July

Kohli Kanchi ‘The Mahadayi Diversion- Playing with Nature’: Hindu Survey of the Environment , 2004

Kohli Kanchi, Pathak Neema and Kothari Ashish (2004). ‘Of a village and its river’, Hindustan Times, New Delhi. July 30, 2004

Kohli Kanchi , ‘Twists in a Tale of Planning’, www.indiatogether.org; August 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Destination Siroy’, www.indiatogether.org; September 2004

Kohli Kanchi and Kothari, Ashish, ‘Give the environment its due’ www.indiatogether.org; September 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘A road through the laws’; www.indiatogether.org; October 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Turbulent Tide’, Hindu Young World, October 16, 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Concrete Pressure on Delhi’s Greens’; www.indiatogethre.org; November 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘A way of Life’,Hindu Sunday Magazine, November 28th, 2004.

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Citizen’s demand greater role for Communities in Biodiversity Act’, Infochange News and Features (www.infochangeindia.org), December 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘India’s legal Backing for Conservation’, www.indiatogether.org, December 2004

Kohli Kanchi, ‘SC raps Karnataka Forest Department over illegal activities in Bhimgad Sanctuary’, Infochange News and Features (www.infochangeindia.org), January 2005

Kohli Kanchi, ‘High ‘court’ of appeals, 2004: no cases’, www.indiatogether.org, January

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Somewhere Like Home’, Hindu Young World, 11th February, 2005

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Bhimgad Awaits Justice’, www.indiatogether.org, February 2005

Kohli Kanchi, ‘North East: Apex Court Rules the Forests’, www.indiatogether.org, March 2005 (co-authored with Ritwick Dutta)

Kohli Kanchi, ‘Orissa’s aluminium mining costs are steep’, www.indiatogether.org, March 2005

Menon, Manju, Kohli, Kanchi and Neeraj Vagholikar, The Northeast: Damming the Future, Hindu Survey of Environment 2003

Menon, Manju, Neeraj Vagholikar, Kohli, Kanchi and Ashish Fernandes. Large Dams in Northeast India: A Bright future?, Ecologist Asia Vol. 11, No. 1, January-March 2003

Menon. Saved, The Story of Rathong Chu, Ecologist Asia Vol. 11, No. 1, January-March 2003

Menon, Manju. Kameng Underestimated, Ecologist Asia Vol. 11, No. 1, January-March 2003

Menon, Manju and Kohli, Kanchi, A Conservation Strategy, Frontline, June 20, 2003

Menon, Manju and Kohli, Kanchi, Making a Difference, Humanscape, October 2003

Menon Manju, ‘Testing Times for the Teesta’, The Hindu Sunday Magazine, June 6, 2004

Menon Manju and Neeraj Vagholikar, ‘Violating the Teesta’, The Statesman, June 26, 2004
Menon Manju and Neeraj Vagholikar, ‘The story of Lower Subansiri’, The Statesman, July 3, 2004

Menon Manju, ‘Resettlement and rehabilitation: Moving from an inadequate policy to a bad one’, Infochange News and Features, www.infochangeindia.com, July 4, 2004.

Menon Manju and Vagholikar Neeraj, IBAs in Northeast India: ‘Threats to habitats and opportunities for conservation’. In Islam, M.Z. and Rahmani, A.R. (2004) Important Bird Areas India: Priority Sites for conservation. Indian Bird Conservation Network: Bombay Natural History Society and BirdLife International (UK). Pp xviii + 1133 , November 2004)

Vagholikar , Neerajand Ahmed M Firoz. Tracking a hydel project: The story of Lower Subansiri, Ecologist Asia Vol. 11, No.1, January-March 2003

Vagholikar , Neerajand Menon, Manju. Power to the People, The Statesman, March 22, 2003.

Vagholikar , Neerajand Kaustubh Moghe. Undermining India: A report on impacts of mining on ecologically fragile areas in India, Kalpavriksh, 2003.

Vagholikar Neeraj, ‘Undermining the Subansiri’, The Statesman, November 13, 2004

Vagholikar Neeraj, ‘Undermining India's Ecologically Sensitive Areas’.

Vagholikar Neeraj, ‘Damning our wildlife’, Sanctuary Asia Vol. XXV No. 1, February 2005



Pathak, Neema. Communities do conserve! Policy Matters, Issue 10, a journal of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, August 2002

Pathak, Neema and Kothari, Ashish. 2003. Community-Conserved Biodiverse Areas: Lessons from South Asia. In D. Harmon and A.D. Putney (eds), The Full Value of Parks: From Economics to the Intangible. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Oxford.
Pathak, Neema, and Seema Bhatt. 2003. Forest Management: Colonised by Brethren. The Hindu Survey of the Environment 2003.

Marcus Colchester, Tejaswini Apte, Michel Laforge and Pathak, Neema. 2003. Bridging the Gap: Communities, Forests and International Networks. CIFOR Occasional Paper No. 41. Centre for International Forestry Research. Indonesia.

Pathak, Neema , Seema Bhatt, Tasneem Huzefa and Kothari, Ashish. Community Conserved Areas: A Bold Frontier for Conservation. Briefing Note No. 3 for the Convention on Biological Diversity. IUCN Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas.

Pathak, Neema. 2004. Towards Best Practices, in Depth: Village Mendha-Lekha, Maharashtra, India. Towards Better Practice in Protected Areas and Technology Transfer. Presented at the Seventh Conference of Parties. United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Neema Pathak and Kothari, Ashish. 2003. Community Conserved Biodiverse Areas: Lessons from South Asia. In David Harmon and Allen Putney (eds.), The Full Value of Parks: From Economic to the Intangible. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pathak, Neema, Kothari, Ashish, and Shantha Bhushan. 2004. Involving Communities in Conservation: A Lost Opportunity. www.hindustantimes.com/citizensnews.

Pathak Neema and Bhushan Shantha, Community Reserves: ‘More Reserves and Less Community’, The Hindu Survey of Environment, 2004

Pathak Neema, ‘Corbett with a difference’, The Hindu Sunday Magazine. November 14, 2004

Rao Sunita. The Whale of Kagal. Chandamama ?

Rao Sunita. “Long live Curucuma” Hindu Young World. Feb 21, 2004.

Rao Sunita, ‘Tigers of Bandhavgarh’, Hindu Young World, August 2004

Padmanabhan Sujatha, ‘Birding Joys’, Hindu Young World, July 31, 2004

Padmanabhan Sujatha, ‘Land of the Black-necked Crane’, Sanctuary Asia, August 2004

Padmanabhan Sujatha, ‘A pact with a park’, Looking Beyond, October 2004

Padmanabhan Sujatha, ‘Trekking in the Wild’, Chandamama, December 2004

Padmanabhan Sujatha, ‘Our troubling toilets and theirs, Hindu Young World’, April 17, 2004

Deo Sharmila, ‘A home away from home’, Chandamama, September 2004

Goyal Madhulika, ‘Calling Eco-Tourists’, Chandamama, August 2004.

Sheth-Gutman Manisha, ‘Pilgrimage to Nature’, Chandamama, Mar 2005

Taraporevala Erica, ‘Protecting Nature’, Maharashtra Herald, Jan 29, 2005

Taraporevala Erica, ‘Little Nonu shows the way’, Maharashtra Herald, Mar 5, 2005