Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment at the Plenary session of World Water Week at Stockholm on September 6, 2010. Focuses on decentralized wastewater management and says that localisation is the key & calls for affordable and sustainable approaches to waste management. Presentation given by …
Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai September 7, 2010, 1:49 IST While activists claim the Lavasa hill-town project has flouted several environmental norms, the company insists it has all the necessary permissions from the state government. The township of Lavasa, spread over 25,000 acres, is embraced by seven hills that girdle its …
Hyderabad, Sept. 6: In September 2003 the state government issued orders asking district officials to take necessary steps to identify all lands covered by water bodies such as tanks, rivulets, ponds, lakes, river bodies and others, and include them in the Prohibitory Order Book. This was done in order to …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will take up 29 more lakes for rejuvenation in the City limits. glory restored: One of the lakes rejuvenated by the Bangalore Development Authority. The revival of ten lakes of the 12 lakes taken up has almost neared completion, according to BDA Commissioner Bharatlal Meena. …
Take out march to Minister Premachandran's residence Water matters: Environmental activists take out a march to the residence of Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran in Kollam on Sunday demanding the constitution of a statutory authority for the protection of Sasthamcotta Lake. KOLLAM: Environmentalists, under the banner of Paristhiti Samrakshana …
Jaipur: To protect the world heritage status of the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary, the chief minister Ashok Gehlot has ordered the Bharatpur city administration to ensure regular flow of water from Pachna Dam to the dried up lake within the sanctuary. Due to scanty rainfall over the years all lakes in …
KENDRAPARA: WHEN Santosh Mandal built his house in seaside Suniti village under Mahakalapada block three decades back, he sunk a tube well for water. He struck clean water barely at 10 feet depth. Today, water in the tubewell has gone below 70 feet. It is more or less the same …
NEW DELHI: Making an attempt to protect what is left of the floodplains of the Yamuna, activists of non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan have written to Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna asking him to ensure that there are no further encroachments on the riverbed. The activists are concerned that the Delhi …
Dennis Selvan|ENS Krishnasamy Kasturirangan, the former chairman of ISRO and now a member of the Planning Commission, on Wednesday warned that while the per capita supply of natural resources would decrease during the 21st century, the most crucial three securities, resulting from depleting supply of resources, would be water, food …
China has tremendous climatic and ecological diversity, so the impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems might likewise be expected to be diverse. Yet so far systematic studies have been rare. Here, the impacts of historical and future climate change on water resources and agriculture in China are …
This recent ADB paper estimates the need for infrastructure investment, including energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020, in order to meet growing demands for services and facilitate further rapid growth in the region. It shows that developing countries in Asia require financing of US$776 billion per year for …
Small scale watershed development is a viable way to improve degraded ecosystems, create diverse livelihood opportunities for rural people and build stable ecosystems. Aseema trust demonstrated this on a small area of 14 acres in the tribal villages of Maharshtra.
This publication on the conservation and management of India’s lakes and wetlands, as a follow-up of the 12th World Lake Conference. This publication will serve to be useful reference material for policymakers, implementing agencies, environmentalists and those of us who enjoy the diversity and beauty of India’s water bodies. The …
The report by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is premised on the fact that India is facing a serious water resource problem and is expected to become 'water stressed' by 2025 and 'water scarce' by 2050. It raises fundamental questions about the forces driving water demand and the political …
Excessive stress on water resources due to increase in population all over the globe has compelled the water managers to look for technically feasible alternatives for meeting the demand of water for various uses. Availability & treatment of water for drinking purpose is becoming scarce & expensive, as the population …
The government, with the assistance of the World Bank, has undertaken an initiative for effective management of river information nationwide, and restoration of selected rivers. The proposed Bangladesh Rivers Information and Conservation (BRIC) project focuses on up-grading the hydrological network of the country, restoring the Gorai river mouth, and providing …
The traditional management of Mudiyanur tank provides an interesting example of a system of management that ensured fair distribution of water to the land of all households, promoted respect for different roles in society, and sought to resolve conflict between different parties in as harmonious a manner as possible. The …
