India state hunger index: comparisons of hunger across states
India State Hunger Index 2008 by IFPRI highlights the continued overall severity of the hunger situation in India, while revealing the variation in hunger across states within India.
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HIV and AIDS in South Asia: an economic development risk
This report offers an original perspective on HIV and AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS, which has been shaped to a large extent by analysis of HIV and AIDS in regions with much higher prevalence rates.
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) study for exploratory drilling of oil exploration in the Block PEL of Kangra-Mandi
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONGC) being an operator in the block PEL Kangra-Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) requires to carryout the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study. The purpose of such study is to assess the environmental impacts arising due to the exploratory drilling proposed in the Kangra-Mandi block (HP).
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Preparing for climate change in the Great Lakes region
Rising air and water temperatures, decreasing ice cover, and shorter winters are some of the ecosystem trends predicted to continue in the Great Lakes region as a result of climate change.
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Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2008
Ozone pollution is produced by photochemical processes involving nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the lower atmosphere. Ozone levels become particularly high in regions close to high ozone precursor emissions during summer episodes with stagnant meteorological conditions, when high insolation and temperatures persist.
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Ethical concerns in clinical trials in India: an investigation
<p>This report is the product of a journalistic investigation on clinical trials. It set out to identify ethical concerns in clinical trials that were conducted in India and used for approval of new drugs in the European Union (EU).
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Status assessment of tourism on the Sigur Plateau, Tamil Nadu - Impacts and recommendations
Responsible tourism is especially important within natural areas so that the integrity of the environment and local community is not compromised. When natural resources are involved in tourism it is often
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Delhi bus corridor: an evaluation
The initial 5.8 Km of the Bus Corridor in Delhi became operational on April 20th 2008. The facility stretches from Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar along JBT Marg in South Delhi. The corridor infrastructure
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Learning from practice: examples of fiscal reform in cities to deal with pollution and congestion
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. The key focus of the fiscal measures are clean fuels and technologies including CNG, LPG and zero emissions technologies;
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The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2008
This issue of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features some of the aspects of fisheries and aquaculture that may receive increasing attention. Among these aspects are climate change, the use of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the proliferation of private standards
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The Pesticides Management Bill, 2008: Standing Committee on Agriculture (2008-09)
Standing Committee on Agriculture, present this Forty Sixth Report on
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India in the global and regional trade: determinants of aggregate and bilateral trade flows and firms decision to export
This study is in two parts. The first part, which uses aggregate trade data, examines the impact of Preferential and Regional Trade agreements on India
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Embedded conservation: The case of Bera village, Alwar District, Rajasthan
Bera is a village of approximately 40 households located in Core II of Sariska Tiger Reserve. The population of Bera is comprised entirely of Gujar pastoralists, who depend on the forest for animal fodder, as well as for fuel wood and various non-timber forest produce.
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Scaling-up climate change mitigation efforts
To achieve efficacy in scale up efforts, different approaches are likely to be appropriate for different countries and interventions.
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The economic contributions of U.S. mining, 2007
This analysis uses input-output analysis to examine the economic contributions of U.S. mining in terms of output, employment, payroll, personal income and payroll taxes. For the purpose of this analysis, the U.S. mining includes the mining of coal, uranium, metal ores, stone quarrying, sand and gravel and other nonmetallic minerals. It excludes oil and natural gas extraction.
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Economic survey 2008 - 09: Government of Bihar
The 2008-09 Economic Survey of Bihar has projected a 5.57 per cent growth in the Net State Domestic Product (NSDP)after comfortably surpassing the previous records of achieving only around three to four per cent growth per annum.
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Transforming the rural nonfarm economy: opportunities and threats in the developing world
Rural residents across the developing world earn a large share of their income
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Biodiversity conservation: accounting for the diversity of values in nature and society
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation have led to economic
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Tourism, trade and globalisation: impacts on biodiversity - a one act play
An overview of tourism, trade and globalisation and its impacts on biodiversity is presented in four parts. The first part interrogates the assumptions, myths and realities of globalisation. The second explores the trends in conservation ideology and its implications.
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Sultanpur national park as eco-sensitive: draft notification
Sultanpur national park has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone as per this draft notification issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests.