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Ecological limits of hydrologic alteration: environmental flows for regional water management
The Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA) is a new framework offering a flexible, scientifically defensible compromise for broadly assessing environmental flow needs when in-depth studies cannot be performed for all rivers in a region.
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Development and climate change: a strategic framework for the World Bank group
This Strategic Framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. The WBG recognizes the very complex political process toward long-term cooperative action within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Framework will help the WBG maintain the
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Strategic analyses of the national river linking project (NRLP) of India
This IWMI-CPWF study assesses India
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Solid waste management: standing committee on urban development (2008-2009)
An effective management of solid waste, according to the Ministry of Urban Development, involved a multi-material, multi-source, environmentally sustainable management approach, with following activities associated with it: waste generation; waste handling and sorting, storage and processing at source; collection; sorting, processing and transformation; transfer and transport; and disposal.
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Potential impacts of climate change on U.S. transportation
The primary focus of this report is on the consequences of climate change for the infrastructure and operations of U.S. transportation. The report provides transportation professionals with an overview of the scientific consensus on those current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limitations of present scientific
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Appropriate technology for water and sanitation: a business development toolkit
This toolkit explains the principles of doing business in poverty-stricken areas, offers a step-by-step business development approach and provides practical tools, tips and background information. The toolkit is based on the experience of entrepreneurs in the water and sanitation sector in India, but is equally applicable to markets in other countries.
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Analysis of technology transfer in CDM projects
This report contains the results of a study analyzing the transfer of technology under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.
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Every drop counts: environmentally sound technologies for urban and domestic water use efficiency
The focus of this publication is efficient water use in urban and domestic environments and decision-making about sustainable development of human settlements. The book is written as a Sourcebook, highlighting essential questions that will have different answers in different situations.
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Guidelines for the safety assessment of foods derived from genetically engineered plants
The ICMR guidelines to establish the safety assessment procedures for foods derived from GE plants taking into consideration the international Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant- DNA Plants (CAC 2003b).
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Ecosystem change and human well-being
There is a seamless link between research and assessments. The development of a science agenda should stimulate the science community to conduct additional research to address key issues in linking ecosystem services and human well-being. This is still a new area of research.
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Climate, poverty and justice:what the Pozna? UN climate conference needs to deliver for a fair & effective global climate regime
Climate change is the number one threat to human development. Yet progress towards limiting global warming to below 2
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Planning for a water secure future: lessons from water management planning in Africa
There is no doubt that the world needs to take a more integrated and sustainable approach to the development and management of water resources. Through its activities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) is helping regions and countries to advance in this direction by encouraging the appliication of a participatory approach to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
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Improving water and sanitation governance through citizens' action
For some people, the water crisis means having to walk long distances every day to fetch enough drinking water - clean or unclean - just to get by. For others, it means suffering from malnutrition or disease caused by droughts, floods or inadequate sanitation. Many people suffer these hardships due to lack of funds or inadequate knowledge of how to solve local water use and allocation problems.
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Electricity sector no-lose targets in developing countries for post-2012: assessment of emissions reduction and reduction credit
Sectoral no-lose target has been suggested as one way to overcome weaknesses of the current clean development mechanism and to encourage structural changes and significant reduction of CO2 emissions in carbon-intensive sectors in developing countries.
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Report on the global financial crisis and Kerala economy: impact and mitigation measures
The liquidity crisis and associated recession currently gripping the global economy have far reaching consequences for the economies of all developing countries, in particular those with a higher degree of integration with the global economy. India is not an exception to this general trend.
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Solid waste management in Nepal
This paper reflects the existing management systems practiced in various areas of Nepal in managing solid waste and contains initiatives of municipalities; national and local NGOs/CBOs; public and private entities.
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Coping with water scarcity: what role for biotechnologies?
This publication brings together the background paper and summary report from a moderated e-mail conference that was organised by FAO as one of its initiatives to mark World Water Day 2007, whose theme was "Coping with water scarcity".
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Indias ecological footprint: a business perspective
This report examines the balance between India
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Forests of learning: experiences from research on an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal
This report shares research-based lessons about the catalysation, practice and outcomes of an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal. It focuses on the community forest user group (CFUG) and meso levels, that is, the multistakeholder interface at the subdistrict and district levels.