Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Watch this first in a series of videos released by US Senator Barbara Boxer discussing the ongoing debate surrounding climate change legislation. In anticipation of the first Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, beginning October 27, Senator Boxer highlights the …
MUMBAI: Five-star hotels, which had to bear the brunt of the water cuts this year, have drastically cut down consumption by adopting a systematic approach to water conservation. Luxury and business hotels have large water requirements for landscaping and swimming pools, but recent data obatined under a recent Right to …
IN 2007 Oliver Wanger, a federal judge in California, ordered the huge pumping stations of the Sacramento Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas, to reduce by a third the water they delivered to two aqueducts that run south to the farms of the San Joaquin …
Ranchi, Oct. 20: Thousands of farmers will soon be sent to other states to study models there and implement them here for better yield. Earlier, only politicians made similar trips at the expense of the state. As part of capacity-building exercise, the all expenses paid trip
As water woes multiply, the State government has begun an incentive-based scheme, coupled with stringent laws, to encourage rain water harvesting. From November 1, Bangaloreans will have to ensure that their new homes have a proper rain water harvesting system. According to an announcement made at a public meeting by …
The deficiency and uneven distribution of rainfall during the 2009 monsoon has brought several issues to the fore: rising water demand from various sectors, regional effects of a drought and the failure of the India Meteorological Department to provide credible forecasts at the disaggregate level. A multi-pronged strategy to permanently …
Mumbai In the midst of acute water crisis that Mumbai has been experiencing since 1996, there comes good news for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC). Seven years after the civic body made rainwater harvesting compulsory for all new structures in the city, the number of buildings that have adopted the system …
Deep inside the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, some 20 km from the fringe of the forest, ten Kani men and six Kani women are engaged in digging a large pond. This is the first work being carried out in a tribal settlement in Thiruvananthapuram district under the National Rural Employment Guarantee …
Poor, marginalized people in rural areas of Nepal, who depend solely on natural resources and climatesensitive sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries for their livelihoods, are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Most farmers depend on monsoon rain for crop cultivation, so changing rainfall patterns could have devastating results. …
Because of climate change, water will become even more scarce in many arid parts of the world. The implications for sanitation, health and agriculture are serious. No doubt, this precious resource must be used efficiently. Doing so will help to reduce poverty, prevent epidemics and save energy, says Thomas Kluge …
The current debate on decentralisation offers a partial and polarised view on the sharing of power to manage water. Drawing New Institutionalism as applied in the social and ecological sciences, the paper argues that decentralisation represents a complex adaptive process, wherein agents draw upon the activities of multiple actors and …
Rain water conservation techniques, like large compartmental bunding and furrow opening in between the crop rows in combination with organic sources were evaluated for their impact on increasing the productivity of cotton+soybean intercropping system.
This paper describes the design, construction and management of the Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), a high density residential development that accommodates a mix of income groups and combines homes and workspaces. It dramatically reduces carbon dioxide emissions per person from the homes and encourages and supports other aspects of …
Water is an essential commodity for survival and development. But the ever-increasing human population, technological modernization, changing life patterns and erratic monsoons are likely to lead to water crisis in this millennium. In the study, indigenous water conservation systems of Himachal Pradesh have been studied. The villagers had developed different …
On your inspiration I studied engineering, but was convinced I was not meant for it. During my stint with Ford Foundation, I worked with a doctor couple from Johns Hopkins University, USA. They were training rural women in Maharashtra as community health workers. I realized that is exactly what I …
Company plans PPP initiative as part of corporate social responsibility TIRUPATI: As a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd. has announced to take up a water conservation project in Udumalapadu and Akkurthy villages of Srikalahasti mandal in Chittoor district, which is estimated to save 10 crore …
The broad objective of the report is to formulate technically viable proposal enabling funding agencies to implement a comprehensive and scientifically viable water conservation, artificial recharge and rain water harvesting program in the entire NCR, on loan/grant basis. The implementation strategy will have active community participation and awareness generation programs.
