Inadequate sanitation causes India considerable economic losses, equivalent to 6.4 per cent of India's GDP in 2006 at Rs. 2.4 Trillion. How to manage human excreta and hygiene?
Jungle Trees of Central India is a lovingly detailed field guide to every tree you're likely to see in the magnificent dry, deciduous forests of the region.
An integrated approach to domestic water management using rooftop rainwater harvesting, and eco-sanitation toilets and creating models in the rural set-up
In this press release dated 4th June 2010, the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti expresses concern about he effluent treatment facilities across the Golden Corridor do not conform to the GPCB norms.
This paper on climate change impacts in the context of Rajasthan seeks to address the issue of society's need for robust knowledge to pursue strategies for mitigation and adaptation to address the challenges associated with global warming and climate change.
A new NASA computer modeling effort has found that additional growth of plants and trees in a world with doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would create a new negative feedback – a cooling effect – in the Earth's climate system that could work to reduce future global warming.
Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975, at a rate of roughly 0.15-0.20°C per decade. The average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) since 1880.
The Supreme Court order, dated 16 December 2010, is about the right to livelihood which pertains to issues regarding the misuse of NREGA funds in Odisha.
Discussing the Chinese dam and hydropower projects on the shared rivers, including in the Brahmaputra basin on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s forthcoming India visit or underscoring the issue?