Ecology and Environment

This policy document by the Department of Environment, Government of Kerala highlights the need for conservation of natural resources in the state of Kerala, in the context of increasing exploitation of resources and deterioration of the environment in the state.

The policy aims at mainstreaming environmental concerns in all the developmental activities and  argues that the most secure basis for conservation is to ensure that people dependent on resources obtain better livelihoods from conservation, rather than degradation of resources.

 It was found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Bhutan, but is now extinct in these countries. Today, it is seen in a few places in Nepal. In India the major population of Gharials is found in the Girwa and Chambal rivers. It faces many threats to its survival which include fishing, linking of rivers, large irrigation canals etc.

The benefits of working with REDD and the need and benefits of getting more ambitious by accepting REDD+, which is about finding financial value for carbon stored in standing forests which therefore incentivises the positive elements of conservation is also elaborated here.

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Society for Promotion and Conservation of Environment (SPACE), a Chandigarh based professional group having competence and expertise in natural resource management, is one of the partner organization in this project to carry out the task of impact assessment of the project activities. Under the project, SPACE is looking for a Programme Officer - NRM to handle the day-to-day impact assessment activities in the project villages.

This report on a round table held in November 2009 by a cross section of activists, policy analysts and academics deals with a move by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to restructure the environmental governance structure of the country through the proposed National Environmental Protection Agency.

Wagatech offers creative solutions for Water and Gas industry. With its innovative leakage detection systems it facilitates conservation of vital resources like Water and Gas. Wagatech with its strategic partnership with vonRoll hydro, Switzerland shall bring in its global expertise and rich experience of managing most diverse utility networks on the planet to Indian subcontinent. Wagatech focuses on assisting municipal bodies, utility service providers as well as water distributing companies to plan, design and implement modern technologies and infrastructure, reduce transit losses in their distribution infrastructure and avoid possible damage to the public and private property due to leakages.

In India, at national level when all the planners are saying about the water grid, river linking project, i

Indigenous knowledge is the basis for local level decision making in agriculture, healthcare, food preparation, education, natural resource management, and a host of other activities in rural communities.

Dear friends,

We are all aware of the immense ecological, cultural and social significance of rivers originating and flowing through the Western Ghats. This includes source regions of East flowing rivers like Krishna, Godavari and Cauvery and the source, riparian and estuarine region of all West flowing rivers.

We are lucky to still have some of the very few and very rare 'free flowing rivers' in the country. Most of the rivers in our country have been dammed and diverted. This has changed the ecological and physical characteristics of these rivers completely. Today, it is difficult for us to visualise the amazing range of ecological goods and services that an undammed, free flowing river can provide. Some such rivers in the Western Ghats are Shastri, Aghanashini, Gargai and Seetha Nadi.