Lease of life /

By:

Television Trust for the Environment

Publisher: New Delhi : Centre for Science and Environment, [2009]Description: 1 DVD (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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DDC classification:

A01177

Summary: The magnificence of the Himalayas stands in stark contrast to the impoverished lives of its people. But the poorest of the poor are now in the forefront of a controversial new government scheme to reforest barren hillsides, and planting trees helps absorb CO2. The scheme has given Laxmi, a poor landless farmer a new lease of life. But wealthier villagers criticize the scheme insisting the land could be put to better use. Examines a scheme to reforest barren Himalayan hillsides and improve the lives of poor landless farmers.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	A01177 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	L21	Available		A01177

The magnificence of the Himalayas stands in stark contrast to the impoverished lives of its people. But the poorest of the poor are now in the forefront of a controversial new government scheme to reforest barren hillsides, and planting trees helps absorb CO2. The scheme has given Laxmi, a poor landless farmer a new lease of life. But wealthier villagers criticize the scheme insisting the land could be put to better use. Examines a scheme to reforest barren Himalayan hillsides and improve the lives of poor landless farmers.

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