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The sector programme and climate change initiatives in Uttarakhand
Posted on 27 Jul, 2011 02:54 PMRecent scientific studies show that global warming is already causing environmental changes that will have significant global economic and social impacts. As the world's 4th largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India has to juggle the imperative demand for economic development with pressures for greater efficiency in the use of energy.
Climate change is a change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long periods of time, regardless of cause. Climate change reflects a change in the energy balance of the climate system, i.e. changes the relative balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation from Earth. The threat emanates from accumulated green house gas emissions in the atmosphere, generated through long term and intensive industrial growth and high consumption life styles of developed countries.
Fazilka citizens protest against planned encroachment on ecosensitive Badha lake wetland by Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA)
Posted on 21 Jul, 2011 04:16 PMForwarded to the portal by: Graduates Welfare Association, Fazilka
Assessing variability of water quality in a groundwater-fed perennial lake of Kashmir Himalayas using linear geostatistics – A paper in Journal of Earth System Science
Posted on 17 Jul, 2011 08:47 PMThe study of the hydrochemistry of the Manasbal lake was done to find out whether the lake water was fit for drinking, irrigation and other purposes.
Summer monsoon transforms northeastern Bangladesh - Updates from NASA Earth Observatory in 2011
Posted on 15 Jul, 2011 02:57 PMArticle and Image courtesy: NASA
Bangladesh typically experiences a mild winter from October to March; a hot, muggy summer from March to June; and a warm, rainy monsoon from June to October. By early July 2011, rains had already transformed northeastern Bangladesh.
"No full stops for this rainman" - Interview with Shree Padre, farmer, water journalist and rainwater harvesting "evangelist" based in Kerala (2007)
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 10:41 AMAuthor: Namitha Dipak, Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan
Shree Padre, farmer, water journalist, and rainwater harvesting “evangelist” based in Kerala, India
A natural system and an agricultural philosophy - A small-holder farmer in Punjab turns his land from a lifeless, debt ridden farm into a healthy, productive and profitable one - A film by The Source Project
Posted on 13 Jul, 2011 12:24 PMArticle and Video courtesy: The Source Project
Floods and heavy downpour in West Bengal in June 2011 - A rapid assessment report by Oxfam and Save The Children
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 02:23 PMArticle courtesy: Corporate Disaster Resource Network
Assessment team:
Oxfam India – Mr. Pradeep Bharwad (Technical Assistance), Mr. Bhaswar Banerjee, Mr. Amit Sengupta
Save the Children - Mr. Abinash Lahkar, Mr. Piyush Kumar
Kajla Jana Kalyan Samity - Tapas Jana and Dipak Banerjee
Areas assessed: Moyna & Panskura Block of East Midnapore District of West Bengal
Assessment date: 24th June, 2011
Measures to mitigate agrarian distress in Idukki district of Kerala : A study report by MSSRF
Posted on 10 Jul, 2011 07:38 PM
Although Idukki is generally perceived as a ‘spices district’ and a ‘plantation crop district’, about 95 per cent of the farmers here are small with tribal farmers constituting a substantial component. Public investment in agriculture in this district is very poor and this hampers agricultural progress and rural livelihoods in many ways.
As a result of high cost of production of major crops and its volatile prices, small farmers who constitute the majority of the farming population have accumulated debt burden exceeding 700 crores. More than eighty per cent of this debt is due to crop loans to small and marginal farmers.
The recommendations in this report are made after giving due consideration to ongoing programmes and resources being made available thereof. These are mainly focused on the small, marginal and tribal farmers and other economically disadvantaged sections. The stress is on sustainability of agricultural production systems and strengthening the regional ecology.
Farmers on crop holiday in Andhra Pradesh: They shun growing paddy this kharif season
Posted on 09 Jul, 2011 01:28 PM
Andhra Pradesh produced 14 million tonnes of rice this year. In absence of storage space many schools function as godowns
Photo: M Suchitra