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Conference in Hindi on “The impact of changing lifestyle and industrialization on land and marine environment”, National Institute of Oceanography, 6th - 7th June 2011, Goa
Posted on 09 May, 2011 09:23 AM
Organizer: National Institute of Oceanography
Venue: National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Description:
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is organizing this two day conference in Hindi. The idea is to encourage the scientific community as well as the youth to develop an ingenious and inventive outlook towards environmental issues.
Polavaram fraud - The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forest land - Article from Down To Earth
Posted on 06 May, 2011 08:33 PMMost of the people threatened to be displaced cannot be relocated until their rights over forestland are recognized under the Forest Rights Act. How did the Andhra Pradesh government meet this immense challenge? It quietly told the Union environment and forests ministry that all claims have been settled.
The ministry gave forest clearance to the project last year. Now over 50 villages have written to the ministry, saying their forest rights have not been settled. Richard Mahapatra visited the villages and found the state had indeed lied.
Following similar complaints, the ministry had scrapped Vedanta’s proposal to mine Niyamgiri hills and withheld forest clearance to the POSCO steel plant in Odisha. Will it apply the same yardstick to Polavaram?
Residents of Teladibbalu did not know they had forest rights. The village is in the dam’s submergence zone and accessible only by boat. (Photo: G Srinivas).
Environment Policy - Department of Environment, Government of Kerala (2007)
Posted on 03 May, 2011 09:42 PMThis policy document by the Department of Environment, Government of Kerala highlights the need for conservation of natural resources in the state of Kerala, in the context of increasing exploitation of resources and deterioration of the environment in the state.
The policy aims at mainstreaming environmental concerns in all the developmental activities and argues that the most secure basis for conservation is to ensure that people dependent on resources obtain better livelihoods from conservation, rather than degradation of resources.
Urban development plans formulation and implementation (UDPFI) - Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (1996)
Posted on 03 May, 2011 05:07 PMThe terms of reference of the study for formulation of guidelines included:
Private company seeks to invest in Indian companies operating in the water segment - Details required
Posted on 03 May, 2011 11:38 AMHi everybody,
I represent a private equity fund that seeks to invest in Indian Infrastructure. Within this we are greatly interested in investing in Indian Companies operating in the water segment. These companies should primarily be in
- Water Distribution/Irrigation Business (BOT / BOOT formats)
- Manufacture of Water Treatment Plants/Filtration/Metering Equipments and other equipments in water distribution/irrigation segments
Ganga water quality trend - A report by Central Pollution Control Board (2009)
Posted on 30 Apr, 2011 05:39 PM
The data has been collected over a period of many years from 39 water quality monitoring stations along the main river and 102 stations on its tributaries which were setup in 2008/09.
The study focuses on the parameters for dissolved oxygen, (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and faecal coliforms (FC) as these indicate the biological health of the river. The period of study for the river Ganga is 1999-2008. The study finds that most of the water quality parameters studied do not meet the standards.
A decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign - Rapid assessment of processes and outcomes - A report by the Water and Sanitation Program (2011)
Posted on 30 Apr, 2011 05:23 PM
The Water and Sanitation Program has analysed secondary data on the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) available on government websites and conducted primary analysis in 22 sample districts spread across 21 states.
With the use of secondary and primary data the report has not only been able to give a macro view of the TSC but also has been able to go into the nitty-gritty of the campaign. There are case studies of districts and villages that have achieved open defecation free status.
India Meteorological Department is looking for proposals on research in the field of meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Posted on 29 Apr, 2011 02:25 PM
India Meteorological Department (IMD) conducts and promotes R & D in different disciplines of meteorology. Main objective of IMD’s R & D activities is to improve its services to various users.
Addressing the water crisis in Gujarat, India - A report by Columbia Water Center
Posted on 28 Apr, 2011 05:06 PMA large number of farmers and well operators were interviewed in the process. Data was also collected from the power utility that supplies power to this region. Along with this the climatic peculiarities of the region, farmers and well users perceptions on ground water management and use were also collected.