<p>The present report on “Urban Slums in Delhi” is brought out by this<br /> directorate on the basis of sample survey conducted under the 65th NSS Round (July 2008- June 2009) in respect of state sample.<br /> This report contains information relating to 2008-09 on ownership,<br /> area type, structure, living facilities like electricity, drinking water,
<p>This note is in response to a request from Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB), on envisaging the role of communities in ecotourism. Using six case studies, the possible role of communities across the spectrum of different levels of community involvement are highlighted along with their positive and negative impacts.
<p>The SSP on the Narmada River, arguably the lifeline of the State of Gujarat, has always been in the limelight for one reason or another. Now, the project has got drawn into a new controversy. Farmers in the SSP command area have stolidly resisted the idea of giving up any land for the construction of the distribution system.
<p>The "State of breastfeeding in 33 countries” is a report of the assessment done in thecountries, as part of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) of their infant and young child feeding policies and programmes aimed at enabling women to successfully breastfeed their babies as well as manage to provide good complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding after the age of
<p>This policy brief covers factors such as yield gain, reduction in insecticide use, benefits to farmers and consumers, and policy implications of adopting Bt brinjal hybrids.The brief estimates economic gains from the Bt brinjal hybrids annually to be Rupee 577 crore (US$126 million) assuming adoption rate of 15%, Rupee 1167 crore (US$255 million) at 30% adoption rate and Rupee 2387 crore
<p>This paper critically analyzes the decision making systems behind the proposed Pune metro rail system and its detailed project report, and exposes many weaknesses in both. The decision making system is seen to be ad?hoc, and not sufficiently transparent or participative. The detailed project report suffers from many serious methodological and analytical errors.
<p>Wetlands contribute in diverse ways to the livelihoods of millions of people. They are often inextricably linked to agricultural production<br /> systems. In many places, growing population, in conjunction with efforts to increase food security, is escalating pressure to expand
<p>This module on Women's Knowledge in Agriculture serves as guide in documenting women's indigenous and traditional knowledge, roles and practices in crop production, post-harvest processing and livestock keeping.
<p>This report is intended to assist those who influence public and private sector investments in solid waste collection systems in developing countries.
<p>Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan landscape. KCA is a community managed area occupying 2,035 sq. km in Taplejung district in eastern Nepal. It is one of the
<p>The National Drug Policy on Malaria was first formulated in 1982 and has subsequently been reviewed and revised periodically. The present National Drug Policy for Malaria (2010) has been drafted keeping in view the availability of more effective antimalarial drugs and drug resistance status in the country.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) has recently passed a proposal and drafted an amendment bill to revise the Forest Act 1993. This Act provided the legal foundation for community forestry programme in Nepal during the past two decades.
<p>This policy brief aims at: familiarizing you with the main provisions of the NREGA; providing a few glimpses of NREGA implementation from the states; highlighting some of the weak aspects of NREGA; and <br /> suggesting how you, as a Member of Parliament, can intervene to improve things.</p>
<p>A situational analysis of the current water supply in the slum communities of Mumbai and its implication on men, women, and children living in the area.</p>
<p>The release of genetically engineered trees into the open environment is an internationally disputed issue. Using genetically engineered poplars as an example, the following report gives clear evidence that it is not possible to adequately control the risks associated with the release of such trees, either in terms of space or time.
<p>The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a recurrent publication prepared by the Trade and Investment Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
<p>This book points to some key lessons that developing countries should draw from the crisis experience: There is widespread awareness of a growing wedge between financial-sector growth and the real economy in many countries, which calls for a profound rethinking of past approaches to financial liberalization. In the same way as the roles of business and the State need to be rebalance
<p>This toolkit is prepared with the objective of enabling field level facilitators and others to conduct a participatory monitoring of biodiversity.
This is a review paper intended to provide an overview of debates relating to BECCS or bio-CCS, which are alternative terms for the coupling of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
This report forms part of a project aiming to develop a South-South-North partnership to reshape the impact of a predicted large-scale expansion in global biomass energy use towards greater poverty reduction and maintenance of ecosystem services in developing countries.
