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Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1993, currently operating in five 5 Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan a - Document
Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience
2012Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing.DocumentNationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries: challenges and opportunities
Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, 2010Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced by the Bali Action Plan in 2007 and they have since been interpreted in various ways by different countries and country groupings. A key question for the talks on NAMAs at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in 2009 and beyond is whether the different positions can be reconciled.DocumentInvestments in deep water: The pension fund’s holdings in destructive dam projects
2011Through the Government Pension Fund (hereby referred to as The Fund) income from the Norwegian oil activities is invested in foreign security. This report is divided into three parts. The first part deals with how The Fund is managed with a focus on the Central Bank of Norway and the Ethical Council’s work in relation to the ethical guidelines.DocumentImplementing Farmers’ Rights under the FAO International Treaty on PGRFA: The need for a Broad Approach based on Biocultural Heritage
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011The FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) seeks to protect Farmers’ Rights through equitable benefit-sharing from the use of farmers’ crop varieties. It recognises the enormous contribution that indigenous and local communities and farmers have made to the conservation and development of crop genetic resources.DocumentRespecting rights, delivering development: forest tenure reform since Rio 1992
The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2012This report evaluates the progress achieved in forest management by indigenous people and local communities, which was set as a key objective at the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents new findings and identifies what needs to done to protect global forest areas and ensure their contributions to social, environmental and economic development.OrganisationInstitute 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 environmentDocumentWater and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding
Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the timing of water flows, hydropower rivalries and persistently unsafe drinking water.OrganisationUNDP India
UNDP is committed to help India achieve the global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)as well as the national objectives articulated in consecutive Five-Year Plans.