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    The time to lead is now: the adoption of ESG analysis by Asian government pension funds

    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.
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    Local and global elites join hands: development and diffusion of Bt cotton technology in Gujarat

    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.
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    India’s water future to 2025–2050: business-as-usual scenario and deviations

    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 industrial sectors is modeled for the years 2025 and 2050. Projections on water and food demand and supply are made as follows:
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    The governance of nature and the nature of governance: policy that works for biodiversity and livelihoods

    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 Tanzania).
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    The livelihoods of ‘adivasi’ women in south India

    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 developed through a better understanding of poverty. This is particularly the case for the historically neglected ‘adivasi’ (meaning ‘original inhabitants’).
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    Carbon disclosure project India report

    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 Carbon Disclosure Project.
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    The reality of trying to transform structures and processes: forestry in rural livelihoods

    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 forestry project in Karnataka, India to illustrate the processes and problems of supporting livelihood change in the forestry institutional environment.
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    Changing organisations for watershed management in India: from policy to practice

    Eldis Document Store, 2002
    How does organisational change favourable to sustainable livelihoods policy take place?What factors facilitate or inhibit the policy implementation process?
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    Rights-based approaches to forest conservation

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    In context of the recent emergence of the debate on rights-based approaches (RBA) to conservation, this paper provides a collaborative piece of work on the constitution of RBA’s and some of the key issues surrounding them. It also looks at some examples from countries where there is a need for RBA’s.
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    Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB)

    ANSAB is an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation working in the South Asia region with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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