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• Development of national emission standards for pesticides manufacturing industry

  Pesticide Sector comprises many processing units which adopt different technologies, equipments, unit process and unit operations for manufacturing various products. The manufacturing processes lead to generation of a wide spectrum of air pollutants, mainly inorganic hazardous air pollutants. Some of these pollutants are toxic, responsible for damage of materials and creation of malodour. Besides these hazardous air pollutants, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mainly solvents are generated as fugitive emissions.

  • 01/05/2007

  • CPCB
  • • Air Pollution
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Pesticides
    • Health Effects
    • Pesticide Industry
    • India
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  FICCI study on implementation of food safety and standards act: an industry perspective

  Industry anxiously awaits implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act. Various features of the Act raise the hopes of the industry that inspector-raj will come to an end leading to speedy and fair resolution of cases and disputes. All FSSA activities under progress must be shared with the industries in view of the fact that they are expected to implement the Act.

  • 01/05/2007

  • FICCI
  • • Food Standards
    • Food Process Industry
    • Pesticides And Toxins
    • Food Safety
    • Legislation
    • India

• Western Ghats & Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot

  The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with its unique assemblages of plant and animal communities and endemic species, is globally important for conserving representative areas of the Earth

  • 01/05/2007

  • Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
  • • Ecosystems
    • Western Ghats
    • Wildlife
    • Flora
    • Fauna
    • Protected Area Conservation
    • Kudremukh NP
    • People - Animal Conflicts
    • Biodiversity Hotspots
    • Sri Lanka
    • India

• Climate change and water resources

  This report describes what climate change is, including how it is affecting the world live in and the timeframe within which these changes are expected to happen.

  • 01/05/2007

  • WaterAid
  • • UNFCCC
    • Water Resources
    • Water Quality
    • Health Effects
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Impacts
    • Natural Disasters
    • Water Supply
    • Developing Countries
    • India

• Biodiversity assessment of Dhamra Port site and surrounding areas, Orissa

  This study is concerned with the Dhamra port site in Bhadrak district, near the mouth of the Dhamra river, and surrounding areas. The proposed port site is a unique habitat in that it has long stretches of inter-tidal mudflats from the site up till the river mouth. The inter-tidal zone is in some places as wide as two kilometers, and serves as an important breeding ground for

  • 01/05/2007

  • Greenpeace India
  • • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Marine Ecosystems
    • Marine Life
    • Ports
    • Wildlife
    • Turtles
    • Bhitarkanika NP
    • Gahirmatha Marine SA
    • Biodiversity
    • Greenpeace
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Bhadrak (D)

• International experience with benefit-sharing instruments for extractive resources

  <p>This study reviews international experience with managing resource revenues in both developed and developing countries. The intent is to assess the scope for using benefit-sharing instruments to spread the benefits of mineral extraction across the economy and catalyze

  • 01/05/2007

  • Resources for the Future
  • • Minerals
    • Mining
    • Developing Countries
    • Global
    • Benefit Sharing

• Towards sustainable mineral-intensive growth in Orissa

  <p>This study was initiated in response to a recognition by Go0 and other stakeholders that environmental and social risks o f mineral-intensive growth are closely interlinked, and therefore, developing strategies to carefully manage and mitigate the harmful environmental effects is critical for enabling rapid, sustainable and inclusive growth in Orissa. The study aimed to support the growth

  • 01/05/2007

  • The World Bank
  • • Minerals
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • India
    • Environment Management
    • Mining
    • Benefit Sharing
    • Mineral-Based Industry

• Cities preparing for climate change: a study of six urban regions

  This study examines the activities of governments and researchers in six cities and urban regions to integrate climate concerns into policy and programs, and to adapt to climate change. The cities/urban regions studied were: London, New York City and the Metro East Coast Region, Boston Metropolitan Region, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Seattle and King County, Washington, USA.

  • 01/05/2007

  • Clean Air Partnership
  • • Canada
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Impacts
    • Climate Adaptation
    • Urbanisation
    • United Kingdom (UK)
    • United States Of America (US)

• Ultra mega power project of M/s Coastal Gujarat Power Limited at Mundra - drawal and disposal of seawater facilities in Coastal Regulation Zone (25 April, 2007)

  Ultra mega power project of M/s Coastal Gujarat Power Limited at Mundra - drawal and disposal of seawater facilities in Coastal Regulation Zone (25 April, 2007).

  • 25/04/2007

  • Ministry of Environment and Forests
  • • Adani Port and SEZ Ltd
    • Gujarat
    • Coastal Regulations

• Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Rules, 2007

  These rules may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Rules, 2007.

  • 23/04/2007

  • Government of Jammu and Kashmir
  • • Disaster Management
    • Natural Disasters
    • Jammu & Kashmir

• Letter from West Bengal Pollution Control Board to M/s Durgapur Steel Plant dated 09.04.2007

  Letter from West Bengal Pollution Control Board to M/s Durgapur Steel Plant dated 09.04.2007.

  • 09/04/2007

  • West Bengal Pollution Control Board
  • • Iron And Steel Industry
    • Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
    • Durgapur

• Supreme court judgment on re-examine the inadequacy of Bhopal Gas settlement

  The present two interlocutory applications are filed by the applicants, (i) Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan (

  • 05/04/2007

  • Supreme Court of India
  • • Compensation
    • Industrial Disasters
    • Bhopal Gas Disaster
    • Union Carbide
    • Supreme Court
    • United States Of America (US)
    • India

• Food safety standards and export competitiveness in the food and processed food industries in Asia-Pacific countries

  Developing country producers face several constraints related to food safety standards imposed by developed countries. The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting export flows with respect to food safety standards; and to measure the effects of food safety standards on exports. This study incorporates a food safety variable in a gravity model.

  • 02/04/2007

  • University of Kentucky
  • • Food Supply
    • Food Standards
    • Processed Foods
    • Food Process Industry
    • Pesticides And Toxins
    • Food Safety
    • Asia

• Aviation and maritime transport in a post 2012 climate policy regime

  This report explores ways to incorporate international aviation and maritime shipping in a climate policy regime. Currently, emissions from international transport are not included in climate policy targets under the Kyoto Protocol. One of the reasons is that it is not clear which country should be held accountable for which share of the emissions.

  • 01/04/2007

  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
  • • Shipping
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Impacts
    • Transport
    • Cap And Trade
    • Global
    • European Union (EU)

• Protected areas and human displacement: A conservation perspective

  Decisions that affect how people use land are among the most fraught that any enlightened society has to grapple with. Two claims that typically come out on the short end of the land-use debate are the claims of indigenous people and claims for non-human species.

  • 01/04/2007

  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • • Mining
    • Forest Fires
    • Biomass
    • Displacement
    • Wildlife
    • Hunting
    • Protected Area Conservation
    • Kudremukh NP
    • Bhadra SA
    • People - Animal Conflicts
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • South America
    • Karnataka
    • Nagarhole NP

• Energy sources of Indian households for cooking and lighting, 2004-05

  The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducts socio-economic surveys covering various subjects on regular basis. Subjects are selected keeping in view their importance. As part of the NSS 61st

  • 01/04/2007

  • National Sample Survey Organisation
  • • Household Energy
    • India
    • Electricity
    • Consumption Patterns
    • LPG
    • Kerosene
    • Firewood

• Court order on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari Dist.for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plant

  Court order on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari District for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plants. See also http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/newsletter/Kanya_Kumari.htm

  • 26/03/2007

  • High Court of Madras
  • • Lake Pollution
    • Lakes
    • Tanks
    • Aquatic Plants
    • High Court
    • Kanniyakumari
    • Madras (T)

• How will climate change affect India's monsoon season?

  ScienceDaily

  • 12/03/2007

  • Science Daily
  • • Godavari
    • Monsoons
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Impacts
    • Research Agencies
    • India
    • Rainfall Pattern
    • River Basin

• Project Surya: Reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a white paper

  This document contains the White paper on Project Surya, aiming at reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a controlled and practical experiment in rural India.

  • 12/03/2007

  • Project Surya
  • • Renewable Energy
    • Solar Energy
    • Rural Energy
    • Fossil Fuels
    • Chulhas (Cookstoves)
    • Rural Development
    • India
    • Tamil Nadu
    • V. Ramanathan
    • K. Balakrishnan
    • Project Surya
    • Climate Change

• Asiatic black bear conflict and its management in Jammu & Kashmir

  This report deals with the findings of the preliminary survey conducted by the author in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

  • 01/03/2007

  • Wildlife SOS
  • • Wildlife
    • People - Animal Conflicts
    • India
    • Jammu & Kashmir