Net zero roadmap for corporates in India
The increasing incidence of extreme climate events has raised concerns globally about our collective future. Besides the environmental damage to the planet and declining biodiversity, it has also led to
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Assessment of environmental flows for the upper Ganga basin
One of the key threats to the upper Ganga and other Himalayan rivers is water abstraction for hydropower, irrigation, urban and industrial needs. To address this, the concept of ‘minimum flows’ has recently
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Assessment of environmental flows for the Upper Ganga Basin: summary report
WWF-India released a comprehensive report on the Environmental Flow (E-flows) requirement of the river Ganga, Titled “Assessment of Environmental Flows for the Upper Ganga”. In 2008, a team from WWF, along
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Impact of urbanisation on biodiversity: case studies from India
Urbanisation in India is occurring at a rate that is faster compared to many other parts of the developing world. The Planning Commission of the Government of India estimates that about 40 per cent of
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Facing the facts: Ganga basin's vulnerability to climate change
This study by WWF-India as part of its Living Ganga Programme focuses on climate vulnerability of people living in Ganga basin and covers Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. It identifies the vulnerability
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For a living ganga: working with people and aquatic species
WWF-India has been working in the upper Ganga river stretch since 1997. Various programmes and projects involving indicator aquatic species and local communities have been implemented. It has been a major
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Indian sundarbans delta: a vision
<p>The Vision Document has been created in reposnse to a priority action point identified at a multi stakeholder workshop held in Kolkata in March 2009 on Sunderbans :Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. The document provides a long-term perspective of 40 years into the future spelling out a strategy in terms of the status of the Indian Sunderbans Delta's economy, cultural bio-diversity.
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Supply determinants of timber trade in India
<p>This study examines whether the forest conservation measures implemented as part of the National Forest Policy are the limiting factors in the supply of timber in India. Says that domestic production of timber can be increased substantially if the opportunities & policy options are effectively utilised by the forest based industry in India.</p>
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Sundarbans: future imperfect climate adaptation report
<p>This report attempts to present a short ecological history of the Indian Sundarbans, one covering only two decades, to show how climate change is, within even this smallest of timeframes in ecological terms, causing exaggerated and sometimes irreversible damage.
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Impacts of climate change on growth and yield of rice and wheat in the Upper Ganga Basin
<p>Change in climate conditions and the frequency of natural disasters<br /> in recent times has made it imperative to find lasting adaptation<br /> solutions for the agriculture sector. Given that almost 60 % of the<br /> country’s population relies on this sector for its livelihood and that<br /> it contributes approximately 15.7% of India’s GDP, an analysis of
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Ensuring safe access to wildlife in Lumding reserve forest, Assam, India
<p>The Doboka-Silchar National Highway (NH-54E) in the northeastern<br /> Indian state of Assam is proposed to be upgraded into a four-lane<br /> highway. This highway bisects the Lumding Reserve Forest. The