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. …
The North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) had warned the Lakhimpur district administration of any downstream affect of its dam of Ranganadi Power Plant in Yazali, Arunachal Pradesh two years before its released matters devastated North Lakhimpur on June 14, 2008. This was stated by Keshab Kishna Chatradhara, the secretary …
Cement factories utilise huge natural resources and that includes water. Niranjan Mudholkar met Pearl Tiwari, VP (CSR), Ambuja Cements Ltd & director, Ambuja Cement Foundation to find out what her company is doing different at its several plants.
Has our insatiable hunger for development and unquenchable thirst for water put us at the risk of running out of this resource. The answer is obvious if recent expert surveys that point to fast depleting ground water levels are to be believed.
The article focuses on endogenous institutional factors in the water sector and the challenges and opportunities to an alternative integrated management approach in Vietnam, particularly in the context of its political legacy, current development goal, and Doi Moi reforms, using Saigon River as a case study. It investigates three institutional …
This publication, prepared by the United Nations University and the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development, focuses on one of the themes from the World Water Forum held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 17-18 March 2009: it aims to contribute to the understanding of rural to rural, rural to urban and …
This paper will first provide a synoptic account of the problems relating to water; from that diagnostic statement it will proceed to an adumbration of the responses needed and the changes in water policy that they call for; and it will then outline the water law reform that this requires. …
The South Asia Environment Outlook 2009 covers the state and trends of the environment (land, air, water, biodiversity) and five key issues - Climate Change, Food Security, Water Security, Energy Security, and Managing Urbanization. South Asia occupies about 5 per cent of the world
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage. The …
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in association with State Ground Water Departments has assessed that 1065 talukas/blocks/mandals fall under over exploited and critical categories. Ground water levels have been on the decline in urban/semi-urban areas and rural areas and the issues of ground water quality are natural corollary. There is …
Ahmedabad: For once, Gandhinagar will have its own distinct lake to flaunt. Called Gandhinagar Lake, this water body will be ready by February next year and will be the single largest lake in the city. It is being developed by various departments, including roads and buildings department while the greening …
This report focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization (RRBO) in Vietnam, but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. A few reflections on the policy process are drawn from this analysis, albeit …
In the backdrop of misappropriation in watershed development projects, Madikeri Taluk Panchayat members demanded the suspension of Watershed department officer at the taluk panchayat meeting on Monday. The meeting was chaired by President H S Subhashini. In the past, a decision was taken to constitute a committee to probe into …
Aug. 31: Encroachment of the canal bed areas is the main reason for the inundation of several residential colonies in the city. The Nagamayyakunta drain area was occupied three decades ago. The same is the case with Raj Bhavan Makta area where thousands of houses were constructed near Hussainsagar. Several …
Agriculture in the 21st century faces multiple challenges: it has to produce more food and fibre to feed a growing population, more feedstocks for a potentially huge bioenergy market, contribute to overall development in the many agriculture-dependent developing countries, adopt more sustainable production methods and adapt to climate change.
Ecosystem services are the benefits that people derive from nature. Some benefits, such as crops, fish, and freshwater (provisioning services), are tangible. Others such as pollination, erosion regulation, climate regulation (regulating services) and aesthetic and spiritual fulfillment (cultural services) are less tangible. All, however, directly or indirectly underpin human economies …
This paper reviews the institutional framework that governs the supply of water services, with a specific focus on developing countries. It first highlights the main mismatches that plague the water sector, namely those between the nature of resources, functions, jurisdiction and objectives of the different agents involved. It then goes …
Paddy farmers in the Thambiluvil Agrarian Services Centre have reported losses in their cultivations during the Yala season due to misuse of water in Sagamam tank, a major irrigation work which has a history of over a thousand years. Sagamam tank was part of the Gal Oya Scheme. It was …
Western Provincial Council Minister of Fisheries, Road Development and Tourism, Nimal Lanza is to request President Mahinda Rajapaksa to consider removing fishing restrictions now imposed in the Western Province and allow fishermen to go out to sea to fish. Mr. Lanza said there were a few restrictions still imposed in …
