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CDM Watch Network India invites comments for latest projects applying for Clean Development Mechanism crediting in India
Posted on 01 Aug, 2012 03:19 PMThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilized thousands of projects in the last few years but has at the same time set off serious concerns about the environmental integrity of its projects and its genuine contribution to sustainable development.
Thirst in the land of Malhaar - Aamir Khan focuses on water in the 12th episode of Satyamev Jayate
Posted on 01 Aug, 2012 12:49 PMSatyamev Jayate is a serial produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao and aired on StarPlus. Each of its 13 episodes take a hard look at one of the various problems facing India today.
Manual Scavenging Act and municipal wastewater workers in India, policy and practice - A dissertation
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 10:20 AMIndian municipal waste water disposal system generated a "neo scavengers" of municipal waste water workers/ sewer workers in organised occupations.
Solutions on the rehabilitation of manual scavengers were been enacted with the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 .
Water for all: G Venkatesh's compilation of poems with water as the leitmotif
Posted on 27 Jul, 2012 02:22 PMSoil health and support systems - Contradictions and missing links - Paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 25 Jul, 2012 10:10 PMThis paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly explores the contradictions in soil health management policies and its impact on farming and food production in India in the context of the declining vitality of Indian soils and the resultant threat to food sec
Flood control policies in India - A paper in the journal Golden Research Thoughts
Posted on 25 Jul, 2012 10:37 AMThis paper published in the journal Golden Research Thoughts aims at describing the different initiatives undertaken by the expert committees and Government of India in tackling the flood problem of India.
Impact of climate change on food security in India - A paper published in the journal Advances in Asian Social Science
Posted on 24 Jul, 2012 12:14 AMThis paper published in the journal Advances in Asian Social Science analyses the food security condition of India during the last few decades and the impact of climate change on food security of India.
"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 PMAnupam 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.