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The Supreme Court and its directions on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR): India and her people will be greatly benefited by its implementation
Posted on 03 May, 2012 07:03 PMAuthor : J. Prabudoss
Viability of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in India: Study of Chanju CDM project in Chamba district,Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 03 May, 2012 06:30 PMThe present paper is an attempt of the researcher to make a comparative analysis between the expected benefits received by the executing agency under CDM and the actual benefits people are expected to receive from Chanju-I Hydro Electric Project.
Importance of protecting and improving ecosystems for reducing disaster risk - A report by NIDM
Posted on 03 May, 2012 02:53 PMThe interception of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approach manifests conflicting situations in ground despite of visible synergies in top level policies. ‘Sustainability quest’ is the emerging concern in disaster management as a consequence of improved understanding of ‘disasters’ as environmental processes or rather as ‘environmental extremes’.
Climate-change adaptation in rural areas of India
Posted on 03 May, 2012 02:33 PMThe report suggests that -
Environmental knowledge for hydro-meteorological disaster management: Capacity development in disaster risk management
Posted on 03 May, 2012 02:27 PMPoor understanding of the environment – its structure, function, resources, especially at the level of planners and policy makers, have resulted in increasing frequency and intensity of hazards in nature. Understanding of the environment, its processes and resources are important for the early detection of hydro-meteorological hazards, prediction of disaster risk and scenarios and in evolving m
"Excreta Matters" - A profile of the water and sewage situation in 71 Indian cities - A report by the Centre for Science and Environment
Posted on 02 May, 2012 12:24 PMGuset post: Amita Bhaduri
Source: Excreta Matters, Centre for Science and Environment, 2012
People in National capital territory of Delhi are far away from safe drinking water: Role of governance and civil society
Posted on 30 Apr, 2012 09:56 PMAdaptive sustainable agriculture: Crop system intensification in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 30 Apr, 2012 07:01 PMWOTR has been extensively promoting sustainable agriculture practices as part of its adaptive sustainable development approach. The objective is to promote low external inputs, increase land productivity, use of indigenous seeds, and reduce cost of cultivation.
Physicochemical assessment of water quality with respect to remote sensing and GIS techniques - Paper published in the journal Advances in Pure and Applied Chemistry
Posted on 30 Apr, 2012 12:43 PMThe paper informs that current techniques normally used in the country for monitoring and assessment of the quality of water bodies involve in situ measurement and/or the collection of water samples for subsequent laboratory analysis of the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water.
The original Jungle Book: A visit to Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 28 Apr, 2012 12:37 AMKanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh