Water Resources

 Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

The Center proposes to consolidate all watershed programmes under a single ministry. The aim of the new programme, called Hariyali, is to streamline work and avoid duplication. "I am totally in

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
R V Singh
Down to Earth
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Wastelands, Agriculture, Water Resources, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Drought Relief, Panchayats, NGO
India

 Treefiliation

For the 189 families of Laporiya village in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, trees and dykes are part of the family

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Drought Prone Areas, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Religious Beliefs, India, Rajasthan
India

 Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Richard Mahapatra, Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Afforestation, India
Climate Change

 The climate-forest continuum

I remember how I first learnt about global warming. It was in the late 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal and I were searching for policies and practices to regenerate wasted common lands. We quickly

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Sunita Narain
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Forests, Forest Management, Afforestation, Trees, Climate Change, Global Warming, Emissions Trading, Carbon Sinks, Carbon Sequestration, Government Of India (GOI), India
India

 Orphaned by apathy

Government washes its hands off the Van Taungiyas of UP

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Richard Mahapatra
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Forest Policy, Afforestation, Firewood, Sal, Forest Labourers, Rehabilitation, Timber Industry, Legislation, High Court, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Fast forward to the past

Only a few villages stand testimony to the success of traditional water harvesting methods in tribal areas of Singhbhum. A report by Binayak Das

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Binayak Das
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Agricultural Systems, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Tribals, India
Water Resources

 Green drive

Every bit counts. Taking note of this adage, Bangladesh has launched a people-oriented drive to encourage its 130 million citizens to plant one tree each year. The drive tries to speed up plans to

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Global Warming, Bangladesh
India

 A mother s love

A childless woman's search for emotional fulfilment through planting and nurturing saplings
by Malini Shankar

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Malini Shankar
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Afforestation, Trees, Women, Personnel Management, Awards, India, Bangalore (D)
Climate Change

 Local lessons

Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Nidhi Jamwal
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Mountains, Glaciers, Forest Management, Afforestation, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, NGO, Andhra Pradesh
Energy

 Follow Up

Emperor Shahjahan should rest easy in his tomb. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has given a nod to the second phase of afforestation around the marble wonder, estimated to cost Rs 15.90 crore.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Uttar Pradesh

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