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Degraded and wastelands of India - Status and spatial distribution
Posted on 07 Dec, 2010 10:16 PMThis book by NAAS and ICAR builds-on and integrates work done by different institutes of the ICAR and the Department of Space in the area of degraded and wastelands in India. NRSA had already published the state level and country level information earlier. In addition, the nature and causes of the land degradation, and the degree and extent of damaged lands needed to be determined, so that appropriate management strategies could be designed and implemented in a defined time-frame to bring these lands to ‘productive health’.
Water governance in motion: Towards socially and environmentally sustainable water laws
Posted on 18 Nov, 2010 10:48 AM
Water Governance in Motion: Towards Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Water Laws focuses on the work undertaken by International Environmental Law Research Centre IELRC on water law reforms in India. It seeks to provide a broader understanding of the conceptual framework informing existing water law and ongoing reforms.
Water stories from around the world - A book from Tulika Publishers
Posted on 22 Oct, 2010 01:03 PM
We invite you to read and reflect on these stories. Teachers have expressed interest in using these stories in the classroom as a teaching resource.
Special edition of Hind Swarajya by Mahatma Gandhi
Posted on 02 Oct, 2010 01:42 PM
A special edition to commemorate 100 years of Hind Swarajya
Successful innovations in solid waste management systems: Examples from five local bodies in Tamil Nadu
Posted on 28 Sep, 2010 11:32 AM
This booklet about the work of Exnora Green Pammal (EGP), produced by UNICEF and published by the Government of Tamil Nadu, illustrates examples of the implementation and impact of solid waste management innovations in five localities in Tamil Nadu. The solid waste management systems in these localities are widely regarded as successes that deserve replication.This document has been produced to inspire and enable more local body authorities to emulate such successes in other parts of the country.
Improving solid waste management services in India is an urgent challenge for all levels of the government. Littering and the indiscriminate disposal of solid waste are widely practiced, polluting India's air, water, soil and inhabitants. Such pollution impedes India's efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).The nation's measures to combat malaria and other diseases (MDG 6), reduce child mortality (MDG 4), and ensure environmental sustainability (MDG 7) are all hampered by the unsightly and unhygienic conditions created by the accumulation of waste.
Good water supply and sanitation is a major input for good health of population - India Health Report 2010
Posted on 27 Sep, 2010 12:49 PM
Last week saw the publication by BS Books of the India Health Report 2010 (henceforth referred to as IHR10), edited (and mostly written) by Ajay Mahal, Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari. For anyone interested in India’s health status, access to health care and medicines, emerging health problems, the infrastructure of health services, medical ethics, health-care financing, government programmes and regulations and key issues in health sector reform, this 138-page report is an excellent introduction-cum-survey. Here I provide a highly selective summary to whet the appetite of readers to peruse the full report.
"The Vision of Natural Farming" - Book by Bharat Mansata, 2010
Posted on 15 Sep, 2010 03:31 PM
“It is only by mixed organic farming in harmony with Nature that India can sustainably provide abundant wholesome food, and meet every basic need of all – to live in health, dignity and peace.” Bhaskar Save
Seeds of Hope – Agriculture and Food Security - A Lokayan and Planning Commission study
Posted on 05 Sep, 2010 10:37 PMThis set of case studies is a part of a book prepared by Lokayan in collaboration with the Planning Commission titled “Seeds of Hope", covering themes of agriculture, biodiversity, education, forestry, governance, health, movements and water. The case studies related to agriculture and food security are summarised below:
Water for All - An educational booklet by Utthan
Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 10:32 AM
This document is an educational booklet on water management, published by Utthan, which works towards empowering women's groups to seek clean and adequate quality of water for all.
The booklet provides background information on water as an important natural resource and the importance of protecting and maintaining the quality and quantity of this natural resource.
The details have been explained in a manner that is simple and understandable and include illustrations that are self explanatory and easy to follow.
The booklet is divided into the following sections:
48% industrial clusters in India are critically polluted: CPCB
Posted on 10 Aug, 2010 11:38 PM
A Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) is a very useful tool to capture the health dimensions of the environment including air, water and land. The CEPI is intended to act as an early warning tool and can help in categorising the industrial clusters/areas in terms of priority of planning needs for interventions.
This report by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB) presents the results of the application of the CEPI to selected industrial clusters or areas.
The main objective of the study was to identify polluted industrial clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level. This was in order to improve the current status of environmental components such as air and water quality data, ecological damage, and visual environmental conditions.