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Prioritization of sub-watersheds based on morphometric and land use analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques
Watershed prioritization has gained importance in natural resources management, especially in the context of watershed management, especially in the context of watershed management. Morphometric analysis has been commonly applied to prioritization of watersheds.
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- Jun 2010
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- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing Vol: 37 Issue: 2 pp: 261-274
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Forest-tenure reform ‘too slow’
A lack of progress in forest-tenure reform is hindering action to stop deforestation and alleviate poverty among some of the world's poorest rural peoples. The failure to ensure land rights for local communities-particularly indigenous peoples and women-in the forests of Central and West Africa will impede efforts to stop deforestation.
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- Apr 2010
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- ITTO Tropical Forest Update Vol: 19 Issue: 2 pp: 3
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Managing water in agriculture for food production and other ecosystem services
Agricultural systems as well as other ecosystems generate ecosystem services, i.e., societal benefits from ecological processes. These services include, for example, nutrient reduction that leads to water quality improvements in some wetlands and climatic regulation through recycling of precipitation in rain forests.
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- Apr 2010
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- Agricultural Water Management Vol: 97 Issue: 4 pp: 512-519
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Satisfying future water demands for agriculture
The global demand for water in agriculture will increase over time with increasing population, rising incomes, and changes in dietary preferences. Increasing demands for water by industrial and urban users, and water for the environment will intensify competition. At the same time, water scarcity is increasing in several important agricultural areas.
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- Apr 2010
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- Agricultural Water Management Vol: 97 Issue: 4 pp: 502-511
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Investing in water for food, ecosystems, and livelihoods: An overview of the comprehensive assessment of water management
The authors of the recently completed Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA) concluded that there are sufficient water resources to produce food for a growing population but that trends in consumption, production and environmental patterns, if continued, will lead to water crises in many parts of the world.
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- Apr 2010
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- Agricultural Water Management Vol: 97 Issue: 4 pp: 495-501
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Mine-boggling
The state vigilance department began probing the scam after the opposition highlighted irregularities in mining in July last year. Till date it has registered 11 cases against individuals and mining companies, including big names like Rungta Mines and Ms Serajuddin and Company.
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- Mar 2010
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- Down to Earth Vol: 18 Issue: 20 pp: 15
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Church of England sells Vedanta shares
the Church of England has sold its shares of Vedanta Resources saying it is not happy with the way the metal corporation treated tribals of Orissa’s Kalahandi district.
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- Mar 2010
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- Down to Earth Vol: 18 Issue: 20 pp: 17
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Flying into the future: Aviation emissions scenarios to 2050
This study describes the methodology and results for calculating future global aviation emissions of carbon dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from air traffic under four of the IPCC/SRES (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/Special Report on Emissions Scenarios) marker scenarios: A1B, A2, B1, and B2.
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- Mar 2010
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- Environmental Science & Technology pp: 1-6
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Climate e-mail rerun
Arriving at work on 5 March, Stanford University ecologist Paul Ehrlich found a rambling and highly profane voice message from someone identifying himself as John Q Public. In one of his more lucid moments, the caller labelled Ehrlich and his colleagues in the climate-science community as "progressive communists attempting to destroy America".
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- Mar 2010
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- Nature Vol: 464 Issue: 7286 pp: 149
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Climate of fear
The integrity of climate research has taken a very public battering in recent months. Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight. (Editorial)
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- Mar 2010
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- Nature Vol: 464 Issue: 7286 pp: 141
