Monthly Archives: February 2015

A peoples movement should shut down the MOPA idea

  It is clear that the Mopa airport is nothing but a real estate scan. It has no scientific basis not does it conform to any other relevant standards. It has failed the environmental standards that must be applied and … Continue reading →

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Anjuna Panchayat to revoke permission

Peoples protests have yielded results. The helepad approved by the Anjuna Panchayat has been revoked. When people are alert and vigilant to their lands being stripped, their environment polluted, and their cultures denigrated, those in power have no option but … Continue reading →

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Corporatization of Tourism Spaces

The Centre for Responsible Tourism expresses profound solidarity with the self- employed stakeholders involved in earning their livelihood from the tourism businesses. Over the past month there were several incidents where government ordered displacement of the marginalised in the tourism … Continue reading →

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