Book Release: Rich Lands, Poor People

CSE’s 6th ‘State of India’s Environment’ Report on Mining

Orchid Room, Hotel Orchid Harsha,
11 Park Road, Shivajinagar, Bangalore - 560051
August 04, 2008

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi invites you to the release of its latest ‘State of India’s Environment’ report, on mining: Rich Lands, Poor People -- Is Sustainable Mining Possible?

The Governor of Goa, Shri Rameswar Thakur, will release the report on Monday, August 04, 2008, between 5-7 pm in Orchid Room, Hotel Orchid Harsha, 11 Park Road, Shivajinagar, Bangalore - 560051

CSE’s ‘State of India’s Environment’ reports have been widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive and authoritative series of publications on the subject of environment and development in India. The report on mining lives up to the reputation and the promise. Extensively researched and richly illustrated, this 350-page report has been prepared as a state-of-art tome on mining in India, its impacts on environment and people, and the way ahead (see the Table of Contents below).

Sunita Narain, director, CSE and Chandra Bhushan, associate director, CSE will make presentations on the occasion. A panel discussion will follow the official release. The event is expected to bring together key mining experts, media persons, civil society organisations, regulatory
institutions and industry associations to discuss and debate the critical question that the book puts forth: how should mining be done in India.

How to register
Registration and attendance are free of charge. Media people, civil society workers and activists, regulators, mineral industry representatives, and students and teachers of mining and minerals are especially encouraged to register.

Just send an e-mail or fax to the undersigned in the format given below. You can also register online at www.cseindia.org.

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All applications and queries can be addressed to the undersigned:
Monali Zeya Hazra, Deputy Coordinator, Industry and Pollution Unit, CSE
E-mail: monali@cseindia.org
Phone: Phone: 011-29955125, 29956394, 098118 08883
Fax: 011-29955879


Rich Lands, Poor People

Table of Contents


Chapter 1: Rich lands, poor people (A comprehensive overview of the issues, conflicts and contradictions that dog the mining and minerals sector in the country)

Chapter 2: The industry and its economics (An in-depth analysis of the economic scale, potential and contribution of the national mining and minerals sector, against the backdrop of the global industry)

Chapter 3: Bearing the brunt: environment and the people (An eye-opener on what mining does to the land and the people who live on it)

Chapter 4: Mining in the states (A closer look at the status of the industry and its impacts in all the key mining states of India, with case studies from every region)

Chapter 5: The challenge of governance (An incisive examination of the regulatory mechanism to control the environmental footprints of mining)

Chapter 6: Rehabilitation: the regulatory roadblocks (A detailed inspection of the laws that govern mining’s social impacts)

Chapter 7: Afterword -- the way ahead (A programme of action, and a recipe for a future where mining is environmentally and socially responsible)