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
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / 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. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- Encouraging Asian pension funds to work towards a responsible future
- The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
- Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify. The integration of environmenta...
- Does technological culture influence acceptance of GM?
- E. Shah (ed) / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005
- While experts and activists question genetically engineered seed technology in the name of farmers’ interests and a greater democratic future, farmers themselves are voting with their feet in its favour. This paper l...
- A prediction of India's future water demand
- U., A. Amarasinghe; T. Shah; B., K. Anand; T. Hugh / International Water Management Institute, 2007
- This research report captures the trends of key drivers of India’s water demand in the recent past, and assess their implications on future water demand and ultimately on water resources. Water demand of irrigation, domestic and...
- Policies and methods that work for biodiversity and livelihoods
- K. Swiderska; D. Roe; L. Siegele; M. Grieg-Gran / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzani...
- The livelihoods of ‘adivasi’ women in south India
- Shoba Arun / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- In Kerela, India, the state leads some notable development initiatives. But the many dimensions of deprivation within indigenous communities are under-researched, particularly in relation to women. More responsive measures can only de...
- How are Indian companies responding to climate change?
- R. Singh; P. Dickinson / Carbon Disclosure Project, 2007
- This report presents the results of the first-ever voluntary disclosure of the carbon emissions of Indian companies. It is based on the submissions of 39 Indian corporations in response to the first information request sent by the Car...
- Reducing CO2 emissions from coal-powered electricity in India
- A.,P. Chikkatur / Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 2008
- Forming part of a wider series, this paper explores strategies for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-powered electricity. It reviews coal utilisation in India and examines current and emerging coal power technologies w...
- Processes and problems of supporting livelihood change in the forestry institutional environment
- M. Hobley; D. Shields / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- What are the key constraints to improving forest based livelihoods within the forest sector? What are the key relationships that provide the institutional context in which forest based livelihoods operate? The authors focus on a fores...
- A look at organisational change favourable to sustainable livelihoods policy
- K. Pasteur / Eldis Document Store, 2002
- How does organisational change favourable to sustainable livelihoods policy take place?What factors facilitate or inhibit the policy implementation process? This publication examines the process of change towards participatory approac...
- 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
