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. …
This latest manual covers a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint accounting and shows how water footprints cane be calculated for individual processes/products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses. Also includes methods for water footprint sustainability assessment and a library of water footprint response options. Many individuals …
At a time of mounting population pressures, environmental declines, and growing demand for water, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
This paper assessed ground water quality of Bhavnagar region for determining its suitability for drinking purposes. Ground water samples, collected from 12 different locations of Bhavnagar region for winter, summer and post monsoon seasons, revealed that pH of all samples was neutral to slight alkaline. Turbidity of all samples was …
The policy assessment findings that emerge from the report intends to deliver a strategic summary of the current policy frameworks on water resources and climate change among major donor organizations (DANIDA, DFID, DGIS, GTZ, SDS, and USAID) and indicate areas that could be strengthened and/or gaps to fill in these …
The global climate is changing - drinking-water and sanitation services have to prepare for the impact. If the widely anticipated flood and drought consequences of climate change come to pass, then both established water and sanitation services and future gains in access and service quality will be at risk. The …
This report focuses on water and water-related issues and investments, with a particular focus on reducing the vulnerability of water sector investments to the impacts of climate change. It provides a first version of a tool that can be used to assess exposure and screen the investment portfolio on a …
The methodology for ground water resources estimation is based on relatively sound scientific basis. It also meets adequately well the practical requirements for formulating rational ground water development strategies. Further, it commensurates with the available human resources, the level of technical skills and available infrastructure facilities with the state level …
Over-exploitation of ground water resource (stage of ground water development - more than 100%) refers to the development of ground water resource which is available below the active recharge zone or zone of fluctuation that is sometimes referred as Static or In
Continuing her tirade against the Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi, the AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Friday charged him with bartering away the rights of the people of Tamil Nadu people the Mullaperiyar issue. In a scathing statement, Jayalalithaa alleging changed stance on the issue and objecting to deferring of …
BHUBANESWAR: State Government has decided to spend Rs 30 crore to improve the water supply system in Berhampur town. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Longterm and short-term action plan for supplying water to the city were discussed …
Coimbatore: The Environmental Cultural Yathra of the Tamil Nadu Environment Council has asked the Government to form a separate Ministry for Water and Water Resources Protection. The yathra began on October 19 from Kanyakumari and is scheduled to reach Chennai on October 29. It reached Coimbatore on Friday. The campaigners …
The government will move cautiously on interlinking of rivers keeping in mind environmental and ecological concerns, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. "The interlinking of river system is something which can help in expanding area under irrigation. But there are also problems. There are environmental concerns," the Prime Minister said at …
THE Tamil Nadu Environment Council(TNEC), a statewide collective of NGOs, demanded a separate ministry for Water and Water Resources protection. At the valedictory function of their Environmental Cultural Yatra, which began at Kanyakumari on October 19 and ended in Chennai on Thursday, TNEC presented their demands to the government. The …
Mumbai: The inevitable has happened. Mumbai will have to live with steep water cuts until at least July 15 next year. click here The BMC, which had held the bad news back until the assembly elections were completed, finally announced its post-monsoon water-cut plan on Wednesday. To ensure that the …
MARKING the conclusion of a nine-day campaign to protect the livelihood resources of the people, an 18-member cultural group performed a parai attam on the Marina beach to press for, among other things, the demand of the Tamil Nadu Enviormment Council (TNEC) for a separate ministry for water and water …
Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS MERE spattering, brief spells will not suffice for certain parts of Ambattur Municipality this year; the prayers are for heavy rain. Delayed monsoon has led to wells drying up and groundwater level getting depleted. Water scarcity is particularly acute in the localities in and around …
