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 …
Why should we be ashamed of what we are doing?" demands Sudama Devi. We are earning a living." In a state where women are boUght and sold like cattle, the case of this wizened woman from ChoUhka village in Bihar's Rohtas district stands out. Sudama and her companion Sushela, who …
Tracing their origins to Lord Vishwakarma, the mythological source of all creative intellect, India's artisans evolved into a distinct social group with the emergence of settled agriculture and habitation. Excavations reveal that they were among the most productive mem- bers of the prolific Indus Valley culture. After the collapse of …
THE latest sector now to come under the scrutiny of the nation's premier investigative organisation _' 'the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - are 61 NGOS. These were among'the 564 that had been blacklisted by the Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in mid- 1995 for …
Under a novel development strategy aimed at improving the farmers' cause, a seven-year project mainly funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, is to be launched in April jfl Sri Lanka. The scheme will involve the total participation of villagers alongwith NGOs. Currently, necessary tanks and villages are being …
A 45-day yatra comprising activists from 30 NGOs was flagged off from Ahmedabad on January 30. The crusaders hope to mobilise public opinion on developmental issues. They also propose to form a non-patty political force that can apply pressure on political parties and candidates in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. …
HANDMADE paper or recycled paper is in hot demand these days as wood for the paper industry is becoming a scarce resource. IRED-Forum, No 54, brought out by a Geneva-based NGO, Development Innovations and Networks, offers a simple and easy method to make recycled paper at home. For papermaking, one …
The sudden decision of the World Bank (WB) to revoke the decision to shift the tribals inside the core areas of the Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), recently put the district administration and the state government in a tight spot. A state forest department official said, "First, the Bank told us …
In this century alone, three sub-species of tiger were driven into extinction, the Bali, Javan and Caspian. Tragically, the other five sub-species are at risk of meeting the same fate. The tiger faces on onslaught of illegal killing throughout its range, and its forest habitat is disappearing at an alarming …
The EXNORA-INTACH Clean India Campaign 11 ended in November, having covered 86 cities all over India. The communications yatra had people from EXNORA, a Madras-based NGO which has revolutionised garbage management in the city, and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), taking their practical experiences in …
INDIA'S fields and seed stores are the cradles of tremendous biological wealth in the form of diverse crop varieties. These varieties or 'landraces' have been shaped by farmers over generations to fit the requirements of often harsh environments, the opportunities of diverse production 'niches' and people's preferences for different products …
France has a network of 20-odd documentation centres on developing countries based in its different cities, The oldest one, CRIDFV, based in Rennes and founded by the eminent soil scientist Alain Ruillan, recently completed 20 years of its existence. As part of its anniversary celebrations, cmow invited me to deliver …
THERE has been lot of mixed reaction to the decision taken by the Voluntary Action Network India (vani), a Delhi-based voluntary organisation to look into the blacklisting of 564 ngos across the country by capart (Council for Advancement of People's action and Rural Technology). "We demand that the government set …
Recently there was a gathering of people ("academics, bureaucrats, and a sprinkling of activists" in the words of Himal reporter Kanak Dixit) interested in stopping the accelerating impoverishment of mountain environments and their peoples. They met at Lima in Peru and talked for a week. And then they wrote a …
AGRICULTURAL research is going to hit rock bottom very soon and plunge the entire Third World into a state of severe food crisis - if more money to fund it does not come in immediately. The international agricultural research network is facing an acute resource crunch, according to the Genetic …
ZIMBABWE's socialist government passed the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Act in July, to the consternation of the nation's NGO community. NGOs believe the Act will expose them to unnecessary restrictions and control by the government and open up channels for interference in their affairs. Under the new law, the ministry …
A consortium of4 NGOs has set up this Himalayan kingdom's first community radio - 'Radio Everest' - to spread messages related to development, environmental protection and cultural harmony. If the experiment turns out to be a success, the consortium hopes to support similar NGOs in rural area& to set up …
IN A dramatic volte face, the Action Research in Community Health and Development (ARCH) Vahini, a well- known Gujarat NGo, has backtracked on its support to the Sardar Sarpvar Project (isp). Citing the poor rehavilitation measures for project affected persons (PAps), Anil Patel, ARCH Vahini's head said that the ssp …
