The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007
This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007.
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Asian water development outlook 2007: achieving water security for Asia
This report brings together a wide range of water-related issues, problems, and challenges from a future-oriented, multi-disciplinary, and multisectoral perspective from around the Asia and Pacific region. Highlighted are important topics that have been neglected or are being inadequately considered in most countries of the region.
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Getting the basics right: water and sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific
Australia’s overseas development aid assistance is set to increase substantially over the next four years. This much welcomed increase could be stretched in multiple directions to satisfy multiple needs. This paper is a contribution to the debate on how best to direct Australia’s investments to meet the objective of reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. The paper suggests that a focus on domestic water and sanitation is critical and will contribute significantly to poverty reduction in the region.
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Adaptation to climate change in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: perspective, framework and priorities
Climate change adaptation requires the use of good agricultural, forestry and fisheries practices to meet changing and more difficult environmental conditions. To make sure appropriate nformation is shared and put into practice, FAO works to build capacities at the national, local and community levels to raise awareness and prepare for climate change impacts. At the government level, the goal is to mainstream climate change strategies and actions in agricultural policies and programmes to reduce vulnerability and provide local communities with site-specific solutions
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Fair deals for watershed services in India
This report shares field experience and lessons in developing incentive-based mechanisms for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods at micro- and macro-scales at three locations in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The process, progress and problems in the three sites, and the initial findings, are presented. Key lessons are discussed and specific recommendations made.
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Wood-energy supply/demand scenarios in the context of poverty mapping
This publication provides policy-makers and project personnel with tools to assess present energy flows and future energy scenarios. It uses a geographic information system to generate and manage data independently of political boundaries, integrating and analysing relationships among socio-economic and environmental variable and facilitates the identification of priority areas and population that deserve greatest attention in efforts to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Trade profiles 2007
This booklet is a quick source for national and trade statistics of WTO members and countries which are in the process of negotiating WTO membership.
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions?
A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities.
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Scaling up demandside energy efficiency improvements through programmatic CDM
Under the World Bank's Sustainable Development Network Integration "Challenge Fund Initiative,' a joint "ESMAP - Carbon Finance Unit' team examined the synergies and possibilities of scaling up implementation of dispersed, demand-side EE efforts using the emerging programmatic CDM (pCDM) concept. This paper focuses on the key recommendations of this analysis, the potential scaling-up opportunities, and underlying operational synergies between EE programs in developing countries and pCDM.
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Urban environments, wealth and health: shifting burdens and possible responses in low and middle-income nations
This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues: persistent local environmental health burdens, and most notably the water, sanitation and housing deficiencies prevalent in the poor neighbourhoods of so many urban settlements; and emerging global environmental burdens that will be experienced in urban areas, and most notably those associated with climate change.
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Nurturing the rural sanitation revolution in India
The Total Sanitation Campaign was launched in 1999, advocating a shift from a high to a low subsidy regime, and greater community involvement.
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International business report 2007: country focus - India
India’s economy is expanding at an impressive and accelerating pace. This survey reveals that businesses in most countries remain optimistic about economic prospects for the year ahead.
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Performance of chemical and petrochemical industry at a glance (2001-2007)
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has been publishing from time to time various statistical
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International conference on organic agriculture and food security: 3-5 May 2007, FAO, Italy
Access to food involves entitlements for producing or acquiring food, which are discussed in this paper under three main headings: access to productive natural resources including land, water, agrofor
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Disaster risk preparedness in agriculture: good practice samples from Asia
In the recent past, most Asian countries have greatly improved their capacities to monitor hazards and to warn, evaluate and provide emergency relief to victims of disasters. As a result, the number of lives lost to disasters such as floods, storms and extreme temperature has decreased significantly. However, the vulnerability within the agriculture sector has continuously increased due to its high level of exposure. It is essential to re-align all disaster management programmes in the agriculture sectors from response to prevention and preparedness.
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Environmental governance through valuation and payment for specified forest ecosystem services in Uttarakhand
This report identifies ecosystem services and stakeholders and determines spatio-temporal dimensions of the identified services. It documents past and present trends of resource utilization in various forest types. It also documents functional attributes of different forest types including biotic stresses.
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Innovative schemes and programme interventions under NRHM
<p>Innovative schemes and programme interventions under NRHM.</p>
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Lithium: Minerals yearbook 2007
<p>In 2007, lithium consumption in the United States was estimated to be 2,200 metric tons (t) of contained lithium, 12% less than the estimates for 2006 and 2005. Decreased U.S. consumption was likely the result of the tight worldwide supply of lithium during the fi rst half of 2007. Increased demand for lithium from foreign battery manufactures further reduced material available for U.S.
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Comparative statement of M/s Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, 2007: Kutela Bhata Oxidation Pond Out Let
Comparative statement of M/s Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, 2007: Kutela Bhata Oxidation Pond Out Let.
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The poultry industry in India
This paper seeks to capture the dynamics of the industry over the more recent past. Utilizing production, price and export data from the period 1995 to 2004, the study seeks to: examine the trends and