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. …
Soil and water conservation measures are meant to reduce soil erosion and utilize rainwater. The measures include construction of contour bunds, contour trenches, graded terraces, check dams, dugout ponds, open wells, and similar other works. Some of the works done by the agencies of the Madhya Pradesh Govt. are analyzed …
Uncertainty in the occurrence of rainfall with respect to time and quantity is a major contraint to agricultural production in rainfed areas. To alleviate the constraint, groundwater is pumped at an unsustainable rate causing continuous water table decline. Groundwater recharge by the rainwater and runoff harvested in percolation tanks can …
Western Ghats form the catchment of all the 44 rivers that sustain the agroeconomy of Kerala. A study was conducted to assess the effect of land use on runoff from small watersheds of Western Ghats. Three small mono-culture watersheds, planted with cashew, coffee, tea and one small watershed with dense …
Wetlands provide a range of valuable ecosystem services from water purification and nutrient retention to recreation and aesthetics. The value of these services is often difficult to quantify and document to policy makers and the general public. Economists have developed non-market approaches to address difficult issues related to valuation of …
If we are doomed to witness water wars in the coming years, as many experts predict, they would perhaps begin thus. Four farmers were killed and about 30 were injured in police firing in Rawla and Ghadsana towns of Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district on October 27, 2004. They were protesting an …
Any discussion on the water problems of Kolkata is a paradox indeed, as the city is situated in the lower reaches of one of the world's largest delta regions. But like all other Indian metropolitan centres, Kolkata too is facing water woes, with both its freshwater and groundwater sources dying …
russian president Vladimir Putin signed the resolution pertaining to Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on November 4, 2004. Earlier, both houses of the Russian parliament voted in favour of the treaty with little debate. Russia's ratification will now enable the enforcement of the treaty, which aims to curtail greenhouse …
It is often said that the next war in the world will be fought over water. I do not know if this prophecy will come true. But I do know that skirmishes and even full-fledged battles over water are here to stay in India. And I also know that these …
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, when completed, will transform parts of the southern coromandal coast qualitatively. Since historical times, this portion of the coast (Palk Bay, Adam’s Bridge) is used only to fleets of small crafts involved in coastal trading and fishing. Sethu Canal will transform this into a coast that …
after more than three decades of denial, a high-level parliamentary committee of New Zealand has acknowledged that Vietnam war veterans were exposed to Agent Orange, the powerful herbicide, defoliant and chemical used by the us military. New Zealand's soldiers aided us troops in the Vietnam war. This is the first …
Analysis of multi-date satellite sensor data and maps indicated loss of 1836 ha of land during 1976–2001 along the Godavari deltaic coast resulting in displacement of coastal communities and mangrove destruction. Decrease in sediment loads from an annual average of 145.26 million tons in 1971–79 to 56.76 million tons during …
The draft National Environment Policy marks an advance from the past approaches but has basic flaws that would limit its effectiveness. A BOLD, visionary policy, dealing with India's environmental crisis, is an urgent necessity. Even the most conservative official figures reveal the serious extent of deregulation of forests, pollution of …
A World Bank team consisting of Mr Daniel Sellen, task manager, Dr Draund, sociologist, Dr Kroop, veterinary expert, Dr Jain, economist, Dr Das, economic expert, and Mr Peter, forest and watershed expert visited the local unit of the Integrated Watershed Development Project Hills- II of Kandi area at Atwarapur village …
pakistan's Indus River System Authority (irsa) has predicted a 56 per cent water shortage in the country's upcoming rabi season from October 1, 2004, to March 31, 2005. The assessment was approved at a meeting of irsa's technical committee, held at Islamabad on September 25 and 27, 2004. The provinces …
What do you produce in your fields? Mustard and pulses. Why mustard? We don't have enough water to produce rice. Mustard takes less water and gives handsome profit in five months. Is water very valuable in your area? Look, if a one-litre bottle of water costs Rs 10 while milk …
function graph1() { var popurl="files/images/20041015/32-graph1.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=700,height=270,scrollbars=yes") } Green Rating helps to benchmark performance and when we return to each sector, the most interesting task is to track how the sector has changed
GRP has a time series data of 8 years for the Indian pulp and paper sector. It is a powerful indicator of visible changes, not just in companies which have improved but also in those that have slipped. The database also allows GRP to tellingly forecast what the management has …
The Indian pulp and paper industry stands indicted for the wide-scale decimation of forests in the country. Till the mid-1980s industry got wood at throwaway prices from vast forest lands owned by the government. As forests were denuded in their vicinity, their footprint increased; companies went far and further to …
function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20041015/38-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=700,height=400,scrollbars=yes") } Water is the Achilles heel of the Indian pulp and paper industry. Most of its challenges end up with its inefficient use of water. There is no doubt that the world over, this industry is the largest industrial user of water. But globally, …
As yet, people living near paper mills have not been at peace with their polluting neighbour. Not only are there conflicts, but clearly the local community in many cases has been able to assert its demand for the industry to clean up or close down. It would not be wrong …
