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    Water democracy: reclaiming public water in Asia

    Focus on the Global South, 2007
    Water crisis is largely a problem of governance. While there is an obvious bias towards privatisation as a solution to the water sector problems, the last few years have also seen many social mobilisations, consolidation of forces, and hard-won battles for peoples and communities’ water struggles, particularly in defending water as a human right.
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    Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation: guidelines and good practices

    Bioversity International, 2008
    Use of neglected and underutilised species (NUS) can play an important role in improving food security, conserving biodiversity and generating income and employment. Value chain development (VCD) can be a useful tool for realising these prospects, by linking supply capacities to market opportunities.
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    India renewable energy trends

    Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008
    India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable energy in India.
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    Developing better policies for the sustainable development of the Indian coal sector

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    Sustainable development of the coal sector will require developing the ability to sustain the increased production of coal in a country, and to do so in an environmentally and socially acceptable manner.
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    Industrial growth and environmental degradation: a case study of Tiruppur textile cluster.

    Madras School of Economics, India, 2007
    This paper examines the development and environmental aspects of the textile industry at Tiruppur, a major textile cluster in India. Adopting a sustainable development framework, it focuses on the growth of Tiruppur’s textile industry in the context of global diversification of textile manufacturing and trade.
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    Environment, human development and economic growth after liberalisation: an analysis of Indian states.

    Madras School of Economics, India, 2007
    This study analyzes the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD) and Economic Growth (EG) for 14 major Indian States during post liberalisation period (1991-2004). The authors first construct the environmental quality index for the 14 major Indian States and compare the index with economic growth.
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    Organic certification schemes: managerial skills and associated costs

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    Certification is critical in organic markets as it enables organic producers to access new export and domestic market opportunities and premium prices due to the fact that organic quality adds value to products. Whilst in developed countries, economic incentives and enabling policies and regulations have
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    Increasing access to environmental justice: a resource book for advocacy and legal literacy in South Asia

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007
    Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and conserved or used for short term means. These arrangements are not always just and can result in unrest and even violent conflict.
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    Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania

    The Advanced Study of India is the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.
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    Rehabilitating degraded land

    New Agriculturalist, 2008
    Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people.

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