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Ecology and Environment
Eco Festival 2010 : Films on water, wildlife & the environment, Kriti Film Club, New Delhi
Posted on 01 Jun, 2010 12:46 PMTraining programme for lawyers involved in environmental action, IRN Lawyer Forum, Bennangur, Tamil Nadu
Posted on 18 May, 2010 12:09 PMOrganizers: Indian River Network (IRN) Lawyer Forum, National Law School of India University and Tamil Nadu Environmental Council Lawyer Forum
Venue: Malligai Farm - Bennangur, (Near Bangalore), Tamil Nadu
Description:
We are happy to inform that a training programme for south Indian Lawyers involved in environmental activities will be conducted by the Resource persons from National Law school of India University with materials and valuable certificate for the participants and by eminent faculties from NGO's.
Ramsar Small Grants Fund
Posted on 10 May, 2010 10:41 AMArticle Courtesy: Funds for NGOs.org
“The Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF) was established in 1990 as a mechanism to assist developing countries and those with economies in transition in implementing the Convention and to support the conservation and wise use of wetland resources, with a strong human and social dimension. From 1991 to 2008 the Fund has provided a total of 7.5 million Swiss Francs to 227 projects from 108 countries, providing up to 40,000 Swiss francs (about US$32,000) per project.”
Presentation on rainwater harvesting by BWSSB at Kormangala
Posted on 07 May, 2010 11:29 AMOrganizer: Environmental Synergies in Development
Venue: Mantri Classic Hall. ST Bed
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Green Solutions J&K, IYCN, Srinagar
Posted on 06 May, 2010 03:18 PMOrganizers: IYCN (Indian Youth Climate Network), Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir, J&K Bank, Department of Environment and Remote Sensing, and Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board
Topic: The conference will invite experts and speakers to talk about existing environmental problems in the Jammu and Kashmir region and possible eco-solutions that meet local needs will be provided by the Green Solution Fair.
Venue: Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Center in Srinagar
Water conservation by Industry – A case study of Indo Rama Synthetics Ltd, Nagpur
Posted on 29 Apr, 2010 10:41 AMThis presentation describes the effort of Indo Rama, Butibori in carrying out production of polyester yarns, fiber and chips in an environmentally conscious manner and its work in conserving and harvesting water in its industrial processes and premises. In particular, it discusses the clean technologies used in production such as –
- Reduction in steam consumption at PSF Plant and in CP (through use of Zimmer technology-based glycol ejector)
- Reduction of drift losses in cooling towers by replacement of eliminators
- Conversion of condensate to flash steam and its reuse in boilers
Eye of the storm: Integrated solutions to the climate, agriculture and water crisis - A brief by IATP
Posted on 28 Apr, 2010 08:20 PMThis brief by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) acknowledges that climate, water and agriculture are the three important factors that are facing severe crisis in recent years and argues that it is necessary to recognise that these three factors cannot be viewed in isolation, but as converging, interdependent and interconnected factors.
The convergence of these three factors means that solutions to the crisis cannot be found in isolation, but need to be complementary, that move away from dominant industrial agricultural models, to models that are sustainable and just.
More rain water needed for the east flowing rivers of South India
Posted on 25 Apr, 2010 01:58 PMSIMPLE & EFFECTIVE Method to increase WATER to east flowing RIVERS of SOUTH INDIA.
WESTERN GHATS are the mighty walls created by the nature.
Desertification and land degradation status mapping of India - A paper by ISRO
Posted on 20 Apr, 2010 04:12 PMThis paper by ISRO broadly deals with desertification and the process of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. It describes the classification system, methodology and results of the desertification & land degradation status mapping carried out for the entire country on 1: 500,000 scale using multi-temporal Resourcesat AWiFS data. The dominant processes of land degradation, viz. water erosion, vegetal degradation, wind erosion, salinization, waterlogging, frost heaving, frost shattering and mass movement have been deciphered and mapped using satellite data.
Boiling Point: Containing the spill over of climate change in the Indian subcontinent - A report by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
Posted on 08 Apr, 2010 02:07 PMThe report ‘Boiling Point’ by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) discusses the impact of climatic changes at the global, national and local level on the environment and on the current survival, food, water security issues and livelihoods of communities in India.
The report highlights the problems faced by a number of communities from the different parts of the country by presenting case studies that describe how climatic changes have influenced local livelihoods and survival needs of communities with the marginalised and the deprived being the most affected. The report presents a few case studies that illustrate how people have coped with these problems by finding out appropriate, locally relevant and sustainable solutions.
The report recognises that identification of positive efforts made by individuals or groups of people through the case studies can be one such step towards triggering a discussion and educating the people on the seriousness of the situation and making them realise of the urgency to act fast. The report identifies the need for advocacy and educational efforts based on the bottom up approach involving the grassroot level that can lead to building up of pressure for the need to bring about changes at the policy level.