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Rainwater Harvesting- Bangladesh

Rain Water Harvesting <img alt="Rain Water Harvesting-Bangladesh" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/bangladesh/rainwater_harvesting_hl.jpg" style="width: 525px; height: 297px;" /> Rainwater harvesting is one of the feasible options of fresh water sources in the coastal areas of Bangladesh and recently a lot of initiatives and programme were undertaken to promote and install rainwater harvesting systems both in the coastal and arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh. Moreover, every year the country is also blessed with ample rain. The average annual rainfall in Bangladesh is about 2200 mm, seventy-five percent of it occurs between May and September.
- - Bangladesh
 - South Asia
Renewable Energy Newsletter

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International Workshop on Microhydels

Microhydels, in which water from a river tributary or water springs is diverted into a channel and is brought down through a pressure pipe to run a generator for producing electricity, are set up in
Doha can still be a success

Very different global rules are needed for human wellbeing Averting climate change does not need emission reduction pledges, timetables and a common legal framework. Climate governance
How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong

Two monopolies. One private and the other public; one in gas and one in coal. Both equally disastrous for the environment. I speak here of Reliance Industries Ltd and Coal India Ltd. We know that air
Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld

Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly
Dangers of letting cars dictate city design

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Struggling with global climate change

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A matter of the mind

Mind-body medicine: in the realm of the possible but wholly inexplicable, this loose curative system has more takers every day
- 29/04/1995
Gene blues

What determines a person"s behaviour through the vicissitudes of life: genes, environment or both? There are many who believe that genetic determinism is fascist ideology in scientific garb. There are others who hold that genetics holds the key to everlas
- 14/10/1994
- - Medical Research
  - Genetic Resources
Past lessons, future strategies

Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a clearer insight into the causes of poverty
- 30/07/1992
- - Ecology
  - Economic Development
  - Poverty
  - History
  - India
  - Delhi
A few questions

Why are there pesticide residues in bottled water? This isn"t an isolated query. It condenses 3-4 lines of questioning:  What kind of water do companies use as raw material?
- 14/02/2003
- - Pesticides
  - Water Quality
  - Drinking Water
  - Health Effects
  - DDT
  - Lindane
  - Malathion
  - Pesticide Residues
  - Industry
  - India
  - Delhi
  - Statistics
An agenda of incoherence

The grossly inadequate education as imparted in our schools has to answer for our general insensitivity towards the environment
- 30/01/1996
The paradox of nature and balanced accounts

Western institutions and the United Nations are keen protagonists of natural resource accounting but it may still not be a useful policy tool for planners to promote sustainable development. Experience in the Philippines has shown that only an elaborate c
- 14/03/1995
Dialogue of the Deaf

One of the major events organized by the Ministry of Urban Development is the Urban Mobility Conference held in New Delhi in the first week of December each year. The theme of the latest conference held on 3rd, 4th and 5th of December 2010 at the Grand Hotel, New Delhi was “Sustainable Urban Transport: Accessibility and Inclusive Cities”.
- 09/02/2011
- - Urban Transport
 - Mobility Planning
Inhumanly polluted

Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the reason is a filthy secret
- 14/07/1996
- Down To Earth
The return of Mowgli's mother

Rudyard Kipling gave us unbelievable stories about the humane wolf. Now, a court decision reaffirms the animal's vital role in the ecosystem
- 14/06/1995
- Down To Earth
Water of life

The natives of Banni in Gujarat have developed a unique rainwater From highly technique from highly saline ground water
- 14/11/1995
- Down To Earth
Big bite

As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only option
- 14/11/1994
- Down To Earth
Where have all the people gone?

The ministry of environment and forests" plan to conserve biodiversity excludes the people.
- 14/03/1994
- Down To Earth
- - Forest Resources
  - Biodiversity