Ecology and Environment

Guest post: Ramaswamy R Iyer

This is in response to the comments made by Rahul Banerjee (“National Water Policy”, 13 August 2011) and Chetan Pandit (“Alternative National Water Policy: A Critique”, 10 September 2011) on my article “National Water Policy: An Alternative Draft for Consideration” (25 June 2011).

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This interactive session with NGOs working on water and river issues was held in continuation of the “Living rivers, dying rivers” series at the request of AusAid. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Honorary Professor, Centre for Policy Research and an author of books and articles on water while the lead speaker Dr.

This manual is based on the work that PRIA was involved in that included facilitating the process of social development and monitoring, and for guiding the process of developing models for community monitoring linked to community action, for child survival and development in six project sites in India.

This manual is divided into three key sections:

This paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly argues that the transformation of human settlements over time can affect the relationship between communities and commons when, for example, social geographies change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems of management to modern bureaucratic systems.

Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) will catalyse the process of ameliorating hardships to human beings in desert ecosystems of Gujarat, following sound ecological principles and carefully using scientific knowledge, imaginative technology and capital.

Source: SANDRP

A section of the water sector practitioners and experts, have been engaged in the process, and a summary of the discussions so far, is available here.

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WWF India, one of the country’s largest conservation organizations is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated young individual to be part of its team in the Sustainable Livelihoods and Governance Programme, to work as a Senior Programme Officer on issues related to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). The role of the incumbent will be to facilitate and execute the tasks leading to the eleventh Conference of Parties (COP 11), and undertaking activities to assess the impact of the Biodiversity Act and its rules on conservation and rural livelihoods. This will involve extensive secondary literature review, field level consultations and action research to collect and collate data, analyze and assess to develop policy briefs and documents for policy advocacy as well as help WWF’s participation in COP 11.

Guest post by: Parineeta Dandekar