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 …
SEVERAL Indian voluntary organisations held a demonstration in front of the ministry of environment and forests (MEF) on April 17, demanding that India ratify the Basel convention and stop all imports of hazardous wastes. Greenpeace activists from at least seven countries were present at the demonstration. They later met the …
A M SHARAFUDDIN BANGLADESH mohammed Zafar Mian passed his senior school certificate (ssc) examination last year and wants to be a banker after finishing his higher studies. The other members of his family are, however, illiterate. Zafar has four brothers and three sisters. Two of his brothers are rickshaw-pullers and …
the chlorine gas leak in January this year has spurred action among various ngos in Lahore, demanding more protection for the victims. They have founded the Action Committee for the Gas Affectees of Baja Lines. The committee comprises representatives of ngos (Shirkat Gah, World Wide Fund for Nature, Aurat Foundation, …
The 144-MW Kali Gandaki :' (KGA) hydroelectricity project in Syngja, Nepal, was recently inaugurated. Various national NGOs, in collaboration with their international counterparts, have been opposing the construction of the project arguing that the KGA would cause environmental imbalance, adversely affect biodiversity and cause displacement and soil erosion.
too little and too late. Pushed by scathing reports from international ngos like the uk-based Environment Investigation Agency (eia) on the pathetic scenario in India's wildlife sector, the Indian Board of Wildlife (ibw) finally met on March 13 in New Delhi, after remaining invisible for nine long years. Prime Minister …
THE proposals for a global forest treaty were strongly opposed by southern NGOs, including the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, at the fourth meeting of the Inter-governmental Panel on Forests (IPF-4) comprising more than 70 nations, which ended in New York on February 21. The IPF was …
this book is about transnational environmental activist groups. It describes their politics and analyses the strategies they employ to bring the environment to the forefront. The focal point of the book is that the efforts of transnational environmental activist groups at lobbying with states is but one approach to environmental …
For those who choose to remain close to concerns over the environment each day of the year, the calendar designed by Bangalore-based artist-environmentalist C F John, may be the right choice. John is a founder-member of Visthar (an environmental NGO in Bangalore), and has designed and produced campaign material for …
THE emerging rule today ironically seems to be that those who make a mess, will be paid to clean it up rather than obligated to undo the harm they have caused and cease committing further damage. International aid agencies look towards the timber industry to help preserve forests; the us …
The GEF (Global Environmental Facility) operates under the framework of conventions and rules established by a governing council consisting of 32 country representatives
terming all World Bank ( wb ) projects as being basically destructive, some of India's most important non-governmental organisations ( ngo s) boycotted a wb president- ngo meet in Delhi, unequivocally demanding that wb quit India. They stated that India was capable of raising funds required for development, and there …
the ecodevelopment project that is proposed for seven protected areas in India in the pilot phase has been facing severe criticism from all quarters. This is being funded jointly by the World Bank (wb) (us $28 million in form of loans) and the Global Environment Facility (us $20 million in …
one of the richest hordes of tropical rainforests in all of western Africa is in dire straits. The government of Nigeria's Cross River state is planning to grant logging concessions in five forest reserves of the state to a Lagos-based Chinese metal concern, the Western Metal Product Company ( wempco …
the wildlife bureaucracy of the ministry of environment and forests seems to have drawn the battle-lines with non-governmental organisations (ngos) over their conservation policies. Piqued by their continual attacks, the additional inspector-general (ig) of forests (wildlife), S C Dey, recently launched a diatribe against ngos working in the wildlife sector …
the Planning Commission has come down heavily upon non-governmental organisations (ngos). Henceforth, no funds would be provided to ngos by the Commission. The move came in the wake of controversies regarding misuse of grants given to some of these organisations. Simultaneously, the government is considering a proposal which calls for …
it is unbelievable but absolutely true that almost all the developmental activities for villages in the Himalaya are designed by planners who know virtually nothing about the village psych
The South Korean non-governmental organisation Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice (ccej), recently launched the Green Family campaign. The campaign specifically aims at the reduction of domestic waste and the conservation of water and energy. Attempts are also being made to simultaneously change people's behavioural patterns and values through environmental education. …
