This publication highlights the issues related to Community-managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR). It contains articles contributed by disaster risk reduction practitioners from different agencies and reflects a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective. It also highlights how to enhance actions at local levels with local community.
This paper examines how the neoliberal policies have influenced the water sector reform policies and interventions in India, particularly, in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The Himalayan glaciers are a valuable national and global resource – they possess the largest concentration of ice outside of the Polar Regions; regulate global climate; feed most of northern India’s perennial rivers; and are an important indicator of climate change. However, this source of water is not permanent, as glacial dimensions change with the climate.
The Himalayan glaciers are a valuable national and global resource – they possess the largest concentration of ice outside of the Polar Regions; regulate global climate; feed most of northern India’s perennial rivers; and are an important indicator of climate change. However, this source of water is not permanent, as glacial dimensions change with the climate.
Chemical fertilisers are key element of modern technology and have played an important role in agricultural productivity growth in India. However, the demand-supply gap of fertilisers in India has increased in recent times, thereby leading to increased dependency on imports.
This national wetland atlas prepared by SAC, Ahmedabad as a part of the project on National Wetland Inventory & Assessment presents wetland status of each State/Union Territory through text, statistical tables, satellite images,maps and ground photographs.
The Himalayan region is dotted with hundreds of lakes from low elevation to the high elevations. Many of the lakes of Himalaya are fresh water ones, with or without inflow and out flow. The Himalayan lakes show varying chemistry in terms of solutes, bio-geochemistry, and mineralogy vis-à-vis eco-hydrology of the lakes.
Strategies Based on Natural Resource Management deals with experiences of improving livelihoods through investments in the natural resource base. This includes both watershed development initiatives as well as specialized NRM interventions for areas where watershed development may not be possible or even relevant.
