Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Mangroves are disappearing rapidly worldwide despite their well documented biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Failure to link ecological processes and their societal benefits has favored highly destructive aquaculture and tourism developments that threaten mangroves and result in costly
Those of us who have some hope of remaining alive for the next 20 years will be very worried about the doomsday predictions for the environment. Looks like the world won't just be a hothouse, but a very bleak house
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on 5th June, & this commemoration acts as a principal vehicle through which' 1 the environmental ^protection agencies create awareness about environment and enhances public attention and action. The World Environment Day's slogan for the year 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a …
The Economic Governance Index (EGI) is essentially a measure of enabling environment provided by the local bodies for private enterprise and households. It is a comparative measure of the government influenced conditions under which the private enterprise and civil bodies (which affect business environment) operate. EGI is based on both …
Farmers are more likely to adopt and adapt improved soil management strategies if their efforts lead to an immediate economic benefit. An encouraging policy environment, as well as farmer organisation also stimulates the adoption of conservation practices. In Mexico, farmers are adapting their maize-based cropping systems to conservation agriculture, leading …
This report follows all three approaches as mentioned: three pillar approach, ecological approach and capital theoretic approach. The three pillar approach presents status of West Bengal vis- a-vis all India regarding sustainability indicators. The report presents the methodology followed for preparation of water account. It presents the air account that …
What should we do about climate change? The question is an ethical one. Science, including the science of economics, can help discover the causes and effects of climate change. It can also help work out what we can do about climate change. But what we should do is an ethical …