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The missionary position: Christianity Today’s interview with Mary Ho of All Nations, the organisation that sent John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island

By Chris Lang 30/11/2018 01/12/2018 Editor Posts

“My name is John and I love you and Jesus loves you.” That’s what John Allen Chau shouted, in English, to the indigenous people living in voluntary isolation on North Sentinel Island. He had travelled to North Sentinel Island, on a tourist visa, with no permission from the Indian authorities…

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India: The Sentinelese must be left alone

By Chris Lang 26/11/2018 26/11/2018 Editor Posts

On 16 November 2018, 26-year old John Allen Chau was killed when he attempted to visit an indigenous community living in voluntary isolation. Apparently, he wanted to convert them to Christianity.

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Baiga indigenous people march to protest evictions from wildlife corridor

By Chris Lang 22/03/2018 22/03/2018 Editor Posts

Earlier this week, more than 300 indigenous Baiga people took part in a two-day march in protest at evictions from the proposed Kanha-Achanakmar tiger corridor.

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Illegal evictions of Baiga indigenous people from India’s Kanha National Park

By Chris Lang 16/03/2018 23/03/2018 Editor Posts

In March 2017, India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority issued a notice asking 17 states to suspend the rights of indigenous peoples and other forest dwellers in critical tiger habitats.

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India: Almost 40,000 people were evicted in the name of conservation in 2017

By Chris Lang 08/03/2018 09/03/2018 Editor Posts

In 2017, government authorities in India destroyed almost 8,000 homes and forcefully evicted nearly 40,000 people, in the name of conservation. That’s more than 20 homes destroyed and 109 people evicted every day.

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November 2017 in Kaziranga National Park: Rhino killings, arrests, an IUCN upgrade, and the threat of a bioethanol refinery

By Chris Lang 27/11/2017 27/11/2017 Editor Posts

Kaziranga National Park has been in the headlines several times this month. Here’s an overview of the latest news.

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NGOs Call On UNESCO to Protect Sundarbans From Proposed Coal-fired Power Plant

By Chris Lang 25/04/2017 25/04/2017 Editor Posts

The Rampal power station is a proposed 1320 MW coal-fired power station in Bangladesh. It is being built on the edge of the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar-listed wetland.

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India’s Kaziranga national park and the Streisand effect

By Chris Lang 10/03/2017 17/03/2017 Editor Posts

The controversy over Kaziranga National Park’s brutal anti-poaching policy continues. Over the past 20 years, 106 people have been killed in the park in north-east India. Shockingly, almost half of those people were killed in the past five years.

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BBC banned from filming in Kaziranga and all of India’s tiger reserves for five years

By Chris Lang 03/03/2017 03/03/2017 Editor Posts

In February 2017, the BBC visited Kaziranga National Park in north east India. Justin Rowlatt, the BBC’s South Asia correspondent, reported that “Kaziranga is a triumph of wildlife conservation.”

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WWF’s role in Kaziranga National Park’s shoot to kill anti-poaching policy

By Chris Lang 10/02/2017 10/02/2017 Editor Posts

“The grass in northern India is the tallest on the planet. Home to some of the most impressive creatures to tread the earth.”

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The missionary position: Christianity Today’s interview with Mary Ho of All Nations, the organisation that sent John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island

India: The Sentinelese must be left alone

Baiga indigenous people march to protest evictions from wildlife corridor

Illegal evictions of Baiga indigenous people from India’s Kanha National Park

India: Almost 40,000 people were evicted in the name of conservation in 2017

November 2017 in Kaziranga National Park: Rhino killings, arrests, an IUCN upgrade, and the threat of a bioethanol refinery

NGOs Call On UNESCO to Protect Sundarbans From Proposed Coal-fired Power Plant

India’s Kaziranga national park and the Streisand effect

BBC banned from filming in Kaziranga and all of India’s tiger reserves for five years

WWF’s role in Kaziranga National Park’s shoot to kill anti-poaching policy

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