India and Environment
- Capital:
New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- The BLDS environment collection
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Search for the latest environment-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Worming away: Indian women revolutionise solid waste disposal
- Bharat Dahiya / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
- Could vermicomposting (using worms to compost waste) be the answer to urban environmental degradation? As environments deteriorate is it realistic to expect municipal authorities to be able to collect and safely dispose of rubbish? Ca...
- Sociological approach to forestry theory and projects in Sri Lanka, Nepal and India
- N. U. Sekhar; J. Ivar / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2003
- The present study draws on research and field experience in social forestry in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka since the mid 90s. It focuses on some of the major issues in relation to popular thinking about the theory of social forestry de...
- How nations translate international biotech policy commitments into national legislation in China and India
- P. Newell / Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003
- This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into work...
- Intellectual property rights: food for the rich but poison for the poor?
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Can rules concerning intellectual property rights (IPRs) benefit developing countries and reduce poverty? How should IPR rules and regimes cover access to genetic resources? Are the costs involved in patent litigation a necessary pric...
- The destruction of mangroves: case studies from around the world
- World Rainforest Movement, 2003
- This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles deve...
- Identifying good practice in Indian water management institutions
- International Water Management Institute, 2003
- This briefing argues that many Indian water management institutions are failing to live up to their original promise, failing to deliver high-value thinking, insights or perspectives. It demonstrates that by allowing these institution...
- Left on the back burner: time to put energy onto the urban planning agenda?
- Nandini Dasgupta / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Could more efficient use of energy have an impact on poverty alleviation? What changes in energy use patterns are likely to generate the greatest benefits for the poor? What are the constraints on the uptake of energy efficiency measu...
- Politics and provision On-the-ground realities of water and sanitation development
- Lyla Mehta; Alan Nicol / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Addressing the challenge of water and sanitation under-provision requires a subtle understanding of several factors: the nature of the resource, the wider poverty environments in which millions of people live and the politics within w...
- Urban sanitation: are the poor being heard?
- Deepa Joshi; Ben Fawcett / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- The international commitment to provide basic services for all has yet to be achieved for a high percentage of the urban poor. Residents of densely crowded settlements endure the indignity, shame and sickness that lack of sanitation p...
- Living on the precipice: what future for mountain societies?
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- 2002 may have been designated International Year of Mountains, but is enough being done to conserve the mountain habitats which are home to 1 in 10 people and contain half the world’s biodiversity? Are mountain residents being co...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Institute of Green Economy (IGREC)
- Institute of Green Economy (IGREC), based in India, has been set up with the aim of helping evolve a path of economic development that leaves as little negative impact on the earth and its environment as possible.
- Current Conservation
- Current Conservation is published by an informal alliance of natural and social scientists to promote interdisciplinary research in conservation and to foster communication among scientists, resource managers, educators and policy makers. Current Conservation is an open access journal, published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research (PUKAR)
- Globalisation in an urbanised world
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
- Applied Environmental Research Foundation, Pune, India (AERF)
- Research NGO concerned with conservation and sustainable development
- Winrock International India, New Delhi (WII)
- Environmental research and capacity building organisation
- Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, India
- University conducting research on law-related issues
- The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS)
- Indian centre for social science research in media and governance
- Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS)
- Indian research and training organisation specialising on social science research
