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Ecology and Environment
Second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) and Expo, Bangalore, 9-12 December 2012
Posted on 28 Oct, 2012 07:18 PMVenue
NSSC Auditorium (J N Tata Auditorium), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Event theme
Floods, fields and factories: Towards resolving conflicts around the Hirakud Dam
Posted on 27 Oct, 2012 08:13 PMThis action research report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India maps the variegated issues contributing to the water conflicts ar
Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PMRajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes
Delhi’s waste conflict – A paper in the Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 20 Oct, 2012 05:26 PMThe commentary in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) begins by discussing the policy shift in solid waste management that involves the privatisation of certain aspects of the system, such as the incineration of waste, but more importantly, it represents a comprehensive and holistic transformation in which the entire system becomes in
India’s rivers are drying, fresh water biodiversity being destroyed, and people seriously threatened from mega hydro-electric projects - Can CBD help?
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 08:28 PMTwenty years after ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and ten years after promulgating the Biological Diversity Act, India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and their biodiversity
Comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism as provided in the Wild Life Protection Act (1972)- A document by National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 04:17 PMThis document is a guideline provided by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. These guidelines are to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves.
Video on how to vermi-compost in your apartment- A webisode in Chai with Lakshmi
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 06:51 PMIndia’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PMThe blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.
WOTR’s Position Paper on “Biodiversity and adaptation to climate change” released on October 16, 2012 at the COP-11 in Hyderabad
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 10:48 AMShort-term EIA training programme organized by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, 3-7 December, 2012
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 10:44 AMVenue
CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,
New Delhi -110062