India and Environment
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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
- National mission on sustainable habitat
- India Water Portal, 2011
- Draft proposal prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. To promote energy efficiency as a core component of urban planning, the plan calls for: Extending the existing Energy Conservation Building Code; a gre...
- National water mission - vol I
- India Water Portal, 2009
- Draft proposal prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. With water scarcity projected to worsen as a result of climate change, the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing ...
- National water mission - vol II
- India Water Portal, 2008
- Draft prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources. It estimates that currently about 83 percent of developed water resources is used by Irrigation sector alone in our country. This may get progressively reduced to about 75 percent in ...
- The impacts of and efforts to address climate change in the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans
- A. Danda (ed) / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2010
- The eco-region of Sundarbans is unique and fragile because it is one of the most extensive mangrove forests in the world. This report describes the Sundarbans region and the impacts of climate change using evidence from the people who...
- The rising importance of the BASIC countries in a changing world
- ECON Pöyry, 2011
- This study, commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment, aims to assess why and how the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) are important for the global environment. The study shall also provide an overv...
- Managing wildlife and human interactions in India
- J. Linnell (ed); J. Thomassen (ed); K. Jones (ed) / Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2011
- Reports on a project which sought to understand the dynamics of wildlife human interactions in India and Norway (in a sample of multiuse landscapes) and to develop mechanisms of coexistence suitable to the countries. The project focus...
- How fast is malaria spreading with climate change?
- R. C. Dhiman (ed); L. Chavam; M. Pant / National Institute of Malaria Research, 2011
- This paper analyses impacts of climate change on malaria transmission at the national and regional level in India, with emphasis on the Himalayan region, northeastern states, the Western Ghats and coastal areas under the aegis of NATC...
- Developing countries should redirect public subsidies from promoting modern varieties to support community seed banks
- A.P. Kroglund; A. Wilhelmsen; B. Batta / Development Fund, Norway, 2011
- The aim of seed banks is to increase food security and contribute to the continued utilisation of locally important genetic diversity. This paper is sought to document the experiences of community seed banks (CSBs) in a number of deve...
- Lessons from a successful adaptive water management project.
- M. Lannerstad (ed); D. Molden (ed) / International Water Management Institute, 2009
- This study explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Management (AM) based on a detailed field study on the development and use of water resources in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP). The project diverts water from the Bhavani ...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- 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
