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 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. Among these is the …
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 …
Water management is facing major challenges due to increasing uncertainties caused by climate and global change and by fast changing socio-economic boundary conditions. More attention has to be devoted to understanding and managing the transition from current management regimes to more adaptive regimes that take into account environmental, technological, economic, …
This paper describes what climate change is, including how it is affecting the world live in and the timeframe within which these changes are expected to happen. It then considers why climate change needs to be a priority in development planning, including the inequitable burden it places on the poor …
This report entitled "Sustainable Groundwater Management in Asian Cities' contains the main outputs of the three-year research. This report consists of three main chapters. The first chapter comprises highlights of the comparative analysis, the second chapter presents recommendations for sustainable groundwater management , and the final chapter contains summaries of …
The Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in implementing the right to water and sanitation. This publication addresses the vital need to clarify how human rights can be practically realised in the water and sanitation sector. The manual demonstrates that …
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Prabhulal Saini has suggested establishment of a Rainwater Management Authority and a Rainfed Area Authority at the national level to deal with the problems of wastage of rainwater flowing into the sea and the adverse impact of recurrent droughts on the national economy. Addressing a meeting of …
Extensive construction activity has lead of depletion of ground water level in many parts of the city. Geologist caution that these localities would face a severe dearth of ground water as the constructions have not left any space for percolation of water to the ground.
The 12th International Lake Conference proposed to be held in Jaipur in October-November next year is expected to highlight the historic Jal Mahal palace situated in Man Sagar lake here on the global tourism map. The conference, titled ''Taal-2007'', will aim at conservation of lakes, water bodies, waterlogged areas and …
The Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to release the quantum of water released into the Ganga from the Arora dam to 1,500 cusecs per day. A two-judge Bench comprising justice A. N. Ray and Justice Ashok Bhusan also directed the District Magistrate of Kanpur to ensure that …
Water bodies in the city and its suburbs, which were recently returned to the Public Works Department, will be rejuvenated as part of an initiative to beautify lakes in the southern suburbs. About 20 water bodies at Tambaram and Poonamallee circles were handed over to the PWD by Chennai Metrowater …
Revenue officials in Tambaram taluk of Kancheepuram district have started issuing notices to encroachers in many water bodies of the taluk, as part of Government plans to improve and protect local water sources. Staff of the Revenue and Public Works Departments have been carrying out joint efforts. Senior officials said …
The Delhi Jal Board has told the Delhi High Court in an affidavit filed in a case pertaining to rainwater harvesting system in the city that it does know the exact percentage of the quantity of water lost through pilferage and leakage.
A hypothesis for decades, the mythical Saraswati is not only becoming a reality but may also start providing water again. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists have said the Saraswati can be recreated in today's time and age. The river may never flow again but its channel could provide much …
Commercial complexes and huge shopping malls in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, which are dependent on ground water for their daily needs, will soon have to pay a hefty amount if the Delhi Government can see a Bill to this effect through the Assembly. The draft ground water Bill, …
