This brochure offers decision-makers in the real estate and energy industries, as well as urban and municipal developers, a broad overview of the topics of decentralised energy generation and supply, and raises awareness of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest. The advancing digitalization in the construction and …
since its inception in 1991, the Global Environment Facility, a joint-project of the United Nations Development Programme (undp), United Nations Environment Programme (unep) and the World Bank (wb) has become an arena for North-South bickering. The gef 's ambitious mandate of finding solutions to environmental problems remains all the more …
the early 1990s saw the rise of non-government organisations (ngos) to the level of a political actor in the international system. This was linked to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Develop-ment (unced) at Rio de Janeiro in 1992. But with neo-liberal globalisation taking centre stage, the process initiated …
journals brought out by various non-profit voluntary organisations tend to be boring and are often rele-gated to dusty library shelves and reference sections seldom visited by people. However, this book, Encounter a Journal of policy research and development initiatives , brought out by "Uplabdhi" an a non-governmental organisation (ngo) is …
the Maharashtra government has withdrawn a controversial circular seeking to isolate hiv -positive women in the state and carrying out compulsory Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids) tests on them. Several non-governmental organisations (ngos) had opposed the government's move. According to these ngo s, the order violates constitutional provisions. The health …
" we want the captive orcas (killer whales) to be free. However, we don't want to oppose the government which has approved catching orcas. We also do not want to oppose the aquariums which bought and kept them. Even sending protest letters is wrong. Such activities are too radical." You …
On whether the World Bank ( wb ) has a hidden agenda while helping developing countries: I think its agenda has always been the belief that development can best take place in a free market system and that the role of the state in the economy should be reduced. Deregulation …
In just less than a decade, a big shift has taken place in the substance of the dialogue between environmental ngo s in the North and the South. Whereas in the mid-1980s the focus was on national issues, for example, on how Indian and British ngo s could work together …
the Union ministry of environment and forests ( mef ) has finally taken the first step towards enacting a biodiversity legislation. On October 27, 1997, Saifuddin Soz, the Union minister of environment and forests released to the press the report submitted by a 16-member expert committee headed by the renowned …
The United States Environment Protection Agency (epa) intends to open an overseas office in India soon, to take up projects related to environment and health. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (mef) and the Central Pollution Control Board have offered support to the epa . However, administrative sanction and ministry …
The Koliyari dam in the Panchmahals district of Gujarat is yet another project that has elicited heated reactions. The dam is estimated to render about 8,000 tribals and double the number of cattle homeless. Although officials claim that only three villages - Patangdi, Guna and Navagam - would be submerged, …
differences between industrial concerns and non-governmental organisations on the formulation of the Plant Variety Protection Act ( pvpa ) were the highlight of the first public hearing on patenting of genetic resources and traditional knowledge systems. The hearing, conducted by the People's Commission on Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge and People's Rights, …
the national programme on biogas development ( npbd ) has been one of the most high-profile renewable energy programmes of northern India. The programme, which was introduced in 1981-82, has made significant contribution in terms of providing clean and convenient fuel and fertiliser to rural families. However, the programme has …
sanjoy ghose died in a fall from a cliff somewhere in Arunachal Pradesh on August 4th, says a statement issued by the United Liberation Front of Asom ( ulfa ). The ngo activist had been abducted by members of the separatist movement on July 4 from Majuli, the riverine island …
THIS is an important addition to a rather limited number of publications documenting case studies of the participatory processes of natural resources management. The process of bringing out this publication started with a workshop organised by the Ford Foundation (they also provided financial support for bringing out the book) in …
sanjoy Ghosh's abductors belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom ( ulfa ), issued a statement on July 23 refuting the claims of an earlier statement (dated July 22) which said that he was dead. ulfa's central publicity secretary Mithinga Daimory stated that Ghosh was alive and in the …
TECHNOLOGY and Action for Rural Advancement, tara , which is a part of Development Alternatives, an ngo in New Delhi, is manufacturing products using biomass and other local raw materials like paper and building materials ( Development Alternatives , Vol 7, No 3). The power plant converts renewable biomass fuels …
Oxfam (India), a relief and development organisation, has launched a massive relief and sustainable development programme in the drought-hit areas of Orissa. The Rs 1.5 crore programme will be implemented in the worst-affected villages of Bolangir, Kalahandi and Nuapara districts, with the help of local NGOs and community-based organisa- tions. …
THE GREENIES... CITES has been criticised for being influenced by Westeg.q NGOs such as the Humane Society of the US and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and ignoring the demands of local groups, particularly in Africa. "For the last few years, CITES has become a battleground between the North …
