Comprehensive industry document on iron ore mining
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated a study entitled
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Energy use in organic food systems
Agriculture and food systems play an important role in fossil fuel consumption and climate change because of their significant energy use and because of agriculture
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Guidelines for preparation of tiger conservation plan
The objectives of the Tiger Conservation Plan are to ensure: protection of tiger reserve and providing site specific habitat inputs for a viable population of tigers, co-predators and prey animals without distorting the natural prey-predator ecological cycle in the habitat; ecologically compatible land uses in the tiger reserves and areas linking one protected area or tiger reserve to another for addressing the livelihood concerns of local people, so as to provide dispersal habitats and corridors for spillover population of wild animals from the designated core areas of tiger reserves or from
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Climate solutions: the WWF vision for 2050
This WWF report seeks to answer the question: "Is it technically possible to meet the growing global demand for energy by using clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies that will protect the global climate?' In other words, can a concerted shift to the sustainable energy resources and technologies that are available today meet the more than doubling of global energy demand projected by 2050, while avoiding dangerous climatic change of more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels?.
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Draft national biodiversity action plan
The Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), the nodal agency for implementing provisions of CBD in India, developed a strategy for biodiversity conservation at macro-level in 1999 and got the Biological Diversity Act enacted in 2002 followed by the rules thereunder in 2004. There is a need now to develop and
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Climate change: why India needs to take leadership
This paper makes a powerful case for enlightened leadership from India's political class on climate change. Calling it the challenge of a generation, it argues that climate change must be re-framed not as an agenda of fear and entitlement, but of growth and opportunity. Addressing it now could be the best means for a country like India to secure peace, development and quality of life for its billion-plus people. If India truly aspires to greatness, there could be no other issue more timely or compelling.
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The future population of India - A long range demographic view
<p>India's population passed the one billion mark in 2000, and its population is likely to pass China's as the world's largest within 20 years. All of this leads quite naturally to the question: how large might the population of the world's largest democracy become?</p>
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BioInitiative report 2007: a rationale for a biologically-based public exposure standard for electromagnetic fields (ELF and RF)
This report is the product of an international research and public policy initiative to give an overview of what is known of biological effects that occur at low-intensity EMFs exposures (for both radiofrequency
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National policy for farmers 2007
A growing farm sector, better rural infrastructure and connectivity, skill development, adequate power supply and easy availability of credit would help in the creation of more employment opportunities in the rural non-farm sector and, in turn, enhance the income of farm households. In view of the above, there is a need to focus more on the economic well-being of the farmers, rather than just on production. Socio-economic well-being must be a prime consideration of agricultural policy, besides production and growth.
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The hardrock mining and reclamation act
The United States needs a robust minerals production industry to help meet the needs of American consumers. Unfortunately, America is ceding to others the responsibility for meeting the minerals needs. Increased import dependency created by lack of U.S. mineral development is not in the national interest and causes a multitude of negative consequences, including aggravation of the U.S.
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Draft minutes of the meeting on Lavasa Hill Station Project held on 14th July 2007
<p>Draft minutes of the meeting on Lavasa Hill Station Project held on 14th July 2007.</p>
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Climate contours: living with change - biodiversity, communities and livelihoods
Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems in the Himalayas (CCIFEH) Programme is a joint initiative of WWF-India and WWF Nepal, funded by WWF-The Netherlands.
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Environmental benefits of alternative fuels and advanced technology in transit
This analysis, Environmental Benefits of Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology in Transit, summarizes the findings of work done to estimate the level of pollutant emissions produced by the current national transit bus fleet and to evaluate the potential
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in India
Water is important for economic development, and many parts of India already face issues of water scarcity. This study predicts that intensity of rainfall will increase under climate change. Issues such as water scarcity may also become more prevalent. The marked rise in precipitation intensity and variability in
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India Eco Development Project: Project performance assessment report
The overall aim of the India Ecodevelopment Project, approved in 1996, was to conserve biological diversity in seven globally significant protected areas (PAS) by implementing an ecodevelopment strategy (prepared by the GOI).
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Notification of Urban Development Department, Govt of Maharashtra on Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act 1966
<p>Notification of Urban Development Department, Govt of Maharashtra on Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act 1966.</p>
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Who collect resources in degraded environment? a case study from Jhabua district, India
<p>This paper examines the impact of the variation in stocks of three resources, namely, water, forests and fodder biomass, on resource collection time of rural households in India, especially women.
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A typology of the effects of (trans)gene flow on the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources
This report gives an overview of current research regarding the full range of possible effects of transgene flow on human health, the environment, the various stakeholders in the food and feed product
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Case studies on climate change and world heritage
This report presents several case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites around the globe in order to illustrate the impacts of climate change that have already been observed and those that can be expected in the future. For each of the featured sites, ongoing and planned adaptation measures are reviewed, to give an indication of what may be possible by way of management responses to the different situations.
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Water for food water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture
The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture is a critical evaluation of the benefits, costs, and impacts of the past 50 years of water development, the water management challenges communities face today, and the solutions people have developed around the world.