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The '''People's Science Institute''' is a [[non-governmental organization]] in [[Dehradun]] who promote [[natural resource management]], [[conservation biology]], and [[sustainable development]]. It was established in 1988.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Founding==<br />
The stated mission of the organization is "To help eradicate poverty through the empowerment of the poor and the productive, sustainable and equitable use of available human and natural resources."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://peoplesscienceinstitute.org/|title=People's Science Institute|website=peoplesscienceinstitute.org}}</ref><br />
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==Activism==<br />
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===Ganges pollution===<br />
The People's Science Institute regularly speaks out about action to be taken to reduce [[pollution of the Ganges]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-18/pollution/28135721_1_ganga-waste-water-water-quality |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130409204454/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-18/pollution/28135721_1_ganga-waste-water-water-quality |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 April 2013 |title=Water quality in Ganga at Haridwar poor: NGO |first= |last= |date=18 January 2010 |work= [[The Times of India]] |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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===River damming===<br />
[[G. D. Agrawal]], a chair of the People's Science Institute, undertook a fast to protest government inaction on Ganges preservation.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb981504.htm |title=Noted Indian Scientist To Fast Unto Death to Protest Dams on Ganges and India's Pollution Control |first= |last= |work=prweb.com |year=2011 |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref> Specifically he was seeking a halt to construction of the [[Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project]] and the Pala Maneri project along [[Bhagirathi River]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080602/jsp/nation/story_9352575.jsp |title=Fast threat on Ganga bank to save river |first= |last= |work=telegraphindia.com |date=1 June 2008 |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Tripathi|first=Purnima S.|title=Captive Ganga|journal=Frontline|date=28 February – 13 March 2009 |volume=26|issue=5 |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2605/stories/20090313260504100.htm|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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Other institute staff have written similarly on topics relating to mass relocation of water for hydroengineering projects.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2856 |title=Averse engineering |first=Thomas J |last=Mathew |publisher=[[Down To Earth (magazine)|Down To Earth]]|work=downtoearth.org.in |date=31 December 2008 |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{official website|http://peoplesscienceinstitute.org}}<br />
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[[Category:Water pollution in India]]<br />
[[Category:Environmental organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Dehradun]]<br />
[[Category:1988 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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