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"Aajao Pukur Aamader" by Nirupama Adhikari - Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra’s book “Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab”
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 09:49 PM
Anupam Mishra is an environmental activist and currently works with the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi. The inspiring contribution dealing with the indigenous water systems of central India has been translated by Nirupama Adhikari into Bengali.
Has the revised draft of the National Water Policy 2012, released by the Ministry of Water Resources in June 2012 incorporated the public's feedback ?
Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 07:45 PMOn 31st January 2012, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) had released the draft of the National Water Policy 2012 and invited comments till 29 February. Following the meeting of the National Water Board on 7th June 2012, the MoWR has now put up a revised draft on their website.
Basic guidelines about floods: Causes, consequences, precautionary steps and some do's and dont's in urban floods
Posted on 19 Jul, 2012 08:01 AMFloods are categorized into natural and artificial floods in terms of their causes. Floods are natural hydrological phenomena and occur after some meteorological events like intense or prolonged rainfall spells or unusually high coastal estuarine waters due to storm surges etc.
Environmental sustainability index for Indian states 2011: Informing environmental action by Centre for Development Finance
Posted on 16 Jul, 2012 02:42 PMThis document by Centre for Development Finance sheds light on environmental sustainability index (ESI), a diagnostic tool that informs and empowers about state level sustainability issues.
Handbook on scaling up solid and liquid waste management in rural areas by Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank
Posted on 16 Jul, 2012 02:41 PMThis handbook by Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank seeks to address the gap existing in the programmatic aspects of waste management in rural areas. It focuses on planning, institutional, community mobilization and financial dimensions of implementing waste management program.
"Pani, hum aur Anupam" - A talk on rainwater harvesting by Anupam Mishra on NDTV
Posted on 14 Jul, 2012 05:00 PMPutting the cook before the stove: A user-centred approach to understanding household energy decision-making- A case study of Haryana state, Northern India by Stockholm Environment Institute
Posted on 10 Jul, 2012 12:50 PMThis working paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute seeks to understand household cooking practices and the decisions that are made about energy options. The aim is to show the way for the communities to use clean energy.
Privatisation of water services in New Delhi : Myth and reality - Report by Water Privatisation - Commercialization Resistance Committee
Posted on 09 Jul, 2012 12:40 PMResidents of Delhi have been protesting against privatisation of water atleast since 2005.
A study on the issues of the inland fisheries and the policy framework governing the sector
Posted on 07 Jul, 2012 03:04 PMIssue of Commons and institutional arrangements:
Dangers of organic farming: An alternative view from Subhash Palekar
Posted on 06 Jul, 2012 05:49 PMIn this video, Subhash Palekar discusses the findings of his research over the last eight years on the quality of soil and explains that the soil is naturally full of nutrients for plants, which is why trees grow and produce fruits and flowers in forests under natural surroundings without addition of chemical or even the organic fertilis