The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Following the decision of the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue meeting (Bali, Indonesia, July 12-14, 2010), an initial draft of the program underpinning efforts to help wild tigers recover and double in population over the next twelve years was released on July 31 by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) Secretariat for …
India has about 55.27 million hectares (m ha) of wasteland. These are not suitable for any purpose and are exposed to the vagaries of nature like weathering, gully erosion, etc. The Department of Land Resources of the Ministry of Rural Development has been implementing three area development programmes since 1995, …
A sum of Rs 25 crore has been granted to Chikmagalur district by NABARD through non governmental organisations for the development of rural areas by implementing watershed project with the help of villagers, informed NABARD Assistant Executive Dr Diwakar Hegde. He was speaking after the inauguration of Hasiru Habba programme …
One of the popular methods to estimate the depth of surface runoff for a given rainfall is the Soil Conservation Service Number (SCS-CN) method. In this method, variation of antecedent moisture condition (AMC) is not continuous.
India will have cut oil, food and and fertiliser subsidies and even consider raising their prices to touch 9 per cent growth in the coming years and put fiscal consolidation back on track. While the economy will grow 9 per cent in 2011-12, the terminal year of the Eleventh Plan …
Hill agriculture in India is confronted with the problem of uneven topography, soil erosion, small landholdings, inaccessibility with poor road infrastructure and opportunities of fertile land, high and dependable precipitation in the form of rain, snow and an agriculture friendly climate that can be the best bet for the development …
Watershed is an ideal hydrological unit call for multidisciplinary approach of natural resource management, viable, for insuring continuous benefits on sustainable basis. Watershed approach has been the single most important too in this direction providing livelihood security in the rural areas and attracting people's participation in watershed programmes. The planning …
The Hill Area Development Program (HADP) has been introduced by the Government of India to initiate socio economic development in the hill areas of India since the inception of the Fifth Five Year Plan. The main objective of this program is to ensure sustainable development of hill areas, keeping in …
Winner of the 2010 National Ground Water award worth Rs 10 lakh, Vruksha Prem Seva Trust of Rajkot in Gujarat has implemented 30 watershed projects since1995 sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development. The trust also undertook the construction of 500 underground tanks for rain water harvesting in 30 villages. The …
THE steady progress of the monsoons ought to refocus policy attention on India's deeply stressed water economy. There are fast rising demands on water resources generally, together with poorly governed supply systems, with the result that overall balances are precarious. What is worse, there's increasingly reckless mining of groundwater, and …
Driving down the parched Bundelkhand areas in the scorching heat of June, one sees nothing but dark brown land devoid of greenery with people struggling for water everywhere. The long rows of coloured jerry cans near hand pumps testify how scarce water is here and the pains people take in …
The UPA government's policies on infrastructure have not translated into any substantial benefits for the poor. Adequate infrastructure is among the most critical physical requirements for attaining fast economic growth and for encouraging investment in the backward regions of the country. The Planning Commission has suggested that the total investment …
This study demonstrates the application of remote sensing, GIS and GPS for preparation of sustainable land and water resources development action plans for Pathri Rao sub-watershed in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. High resolution IKONOS satellite imagery was used for detailed land use/cover mapping on 1 : 12,500 scale. Various primary …
- Forest department ties up with NGO to increase water table in two blocks of Ghatshila sub-division Jamshedpur, June 9: The state forest department will soon launch projects with the aim of eradicating water shortage at Dumaria and Bahragora blocks of East Singhbhum. The project, under the Integrated Water Management …
Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Industries) T Balakrishnan has let loose a controversy by expressing his charging over the government decision to close down the bottling plant of Coca Cola. The unit at Palakkad had to wind up production over excessive exploitation of water and discharge of effluents. Earlier …
Watershed prioritization has gained importance in natural resources management, especially in the context of watershed management, especially in the context of watershed management. Morphometric analysis has been commonly applied to prioritization of watersheds. The present study makes an attempt to prioritize sub-watersheds based on morphometric and land use characteristics using …
A statistical downscaling known for producing station-scale climate information from GCM output was preferred to evaluate the impacts of climate change within the Mount Makiling forest watershed, Philippines. The lumped hydrologic BROOK90 model was utilized for the water balance assessment of climate change impacts based on two scenarios (A1B and …
This report estimates the overall size and scope of the payments directed to protect or restore watershed services and accounts for the full spectrum of watershed services. Also looks at the opportunities and challenges based on the current level of transactions, experimentation and lessons learned. This report aims: to use …
While management of natural resources is crucial, micro finance is a catalyst for achieving sustainable agriculture. The experience of HIH shows how micro finance has played a supportive role in the ecological journey of a large number of farmers in Tamil Nadu.
DINDIGUL: A special watershed development project will be implemented by the Gandhigram Trust at Thottanuthu village an estimated cost of Rs.62.56 lakh with community participation. The trust will act as facilitator and only villagers will implement the entire project, in three years. Under the project, the trust will take up …
