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A move from the ground

`Asian People's Charter on HIV/AIDS: Amplifying the Voices of the People Affected, Infected, Living With and Suffering from HIV/AIDS; Calling for Imme

Brazil's courage

FOR countries in Asia that are at a critical point in their efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, Brazil, Uganda, Senegal, Botswana and Cuba offer v

Inside a collective in Hamburg.-

A way of living

Community living is not a just a low-cost option for Germany's homeless. It offers an alternative survival strategy and embodies a vision of living th

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A model law

THE Organisation of African Unity's (OAU) Model Law was developed as a direct response to the decision taken and the directive given by the OAU Counci

Zimbabwe has a rich forest cover and a long history of herbal healing. However, the country currently lacks a law to govern biodiversity and indigenous knowledge.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

To govern biodiversity

Zimbabwe is on the threshold of creating a national law, based on the OAU's Model Law on biodiversity, to protect its biological resources and ensure

A fishermen's colony at Thalwilawella, in Puttam district of Sri Lanka.-PICTURES: MUKUL SHARMA

Deep-rooted trouble

A way out of the conflict involving Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen is to regulate the flow of capital into marine fishing and reinvent sustainable fi

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A private oil palm plantation around the land of a small farmer.-MUKUL SHARMA

A bitter harvest

Indonesia's huge oil palm plantations, mostly owned by corporate houses or multinational companies, violate the rights of indigenous peoples and cause

Conservation and some claims

Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management programme, claimed to be southern Africa's most progressive people-centred conservation initiati

Lands of conflict

Big landowners in Brazil unleash violent reprisals against the agricultural workers' struggle for land and against forced labour.

Disorder amidst order

Incidents of rape and sexual abuse are on the rise in Malaysia. A case study of a country which has undertaken a drastic restructuring of the economy

Nature and nationalism

Harping on 'Gangatva', the Vishwa Hindu Parishad seeks to use its campaign against the Tehri dam to score communal points.

Dreams of the homeless

Ruo Emoh, a low-income women's group in Cape Town, symbolises the dreams of the South African poor in the matter of housing.

Text and photographs: MUKUL SHARMA