First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Waste-handlers and recycling in urban India: Policy, perception and the law
<p>All recycling in India is undertaken by (and via) the informal sector. This sector includes waste-pickers, small middlemen, transporters, larger middlemen and finally, reprocessors. These self-employed people play a very important role in urban waste management as they provide a service which the urban municipalities cannot provide given their current institutional framework.</p>
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Rethinking urban waste in India: Creating a community paradigm
<p>Urban India is likely to face a massive waste disposal problem in the coming years. Traditionally, the problem of waste has been seen simply as one of cleaning and disposing. But a closer look at the current and future scenarios reveals that waste needs to be treated holistically, recognising its natural resources roots as well as its health impacts. </p>
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National Forest Policy (1988): New direction in forest management
<p>The National Forest Policy (NFP) of 1988 marked a watershed in the way forests were perceived by the State Forest Departments.
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A national plan, built from below?- The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, India
<p>The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), formulated from 2000 to 2003, was envisaged as a comprehensive action plan for conserving biodiversity in India, that would adequately reflect the aspirations of the hitherto marginalised peoples who have a direct stake in biodiversity conservation.</p>
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Improving forest governance: Experience of Joint Forest Management in India
<p>There is an increasing interest in community-based forest management as a potential approch for improving forest governance. India is among the few countries in the world where such an approach - called Joint Forest Management (JFM)-has not only been successfully introduced but also achieved large-scale implementation, covering 18% of all state forests. </p>
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Courts and environmental justice: Critical issues
<p>The last decade has seen a spate of judicial activism related to both environment and human rights. Two questions pertinent to recent judicial activism are dealt with in this article: 1. Has judicial activism contributed to environmental justice, in the sense of keeping in view the social implications of environmental problems and equity in access to environmental resources. 2.
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Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-asusual” conditions
New global models provide the opportunity to generate quantitative information about the world water situation. Here the WaterGAP 2 model is used to compute globally comprehensive estimates about water
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No more symbolism There will be peace in Kashmir
Unfortunately, the very institutions that profess this belief are the ones blocking its realisation. Consider the recent prime ministerial visit to the state. Vajpayee went, he saw, he wished to conquer the media. He spoke about unemployment, and promised
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Iceland's hydrogen society
Iceland has moved one step closer to its goal of using only renewable sources of energy by the year 2030. It recently inaugurated the world's first hydrogen fuel station in the capital city of
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Safety nets against malaria
Campaigners against malaria in Africa contend that simple protective nets could save thousands of lives across the continent. Malaria causes at least a million deaths in Africa each year. The disease