Environment

Call of the commons: people vs corruption report of a CSE media task force to Ralegan Siddhi

Report of a CSE media task force to Ralegan Siddhi.

Publication Date: 
01/01/1991
Mukul, Usha Rai, Sarosh Bana & et al
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Ralegan Siddhi (Ralegan Shindi), Environment, Afforestation, Watershed Development
Environment

Towards green villages: a strategy for environmentally sound and participatory rural development

In India, recent micro-experiments clearly show that environmental regeneration is possible if native wisdom and local decision-making is respected. Towards Green Villages sets out an environmental improvement strategy that is based on real life experiences of grassroots work in which people have improved their environment together with their economy. Three initial steps are essential. First, the decline in overall biomass production must be reversed. Second, economic growth and rural development programmes must focus on how to increase biomass in an equitable and sustainable manner.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1988
Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Chipko Movement, Biomass, Rural Development, Village Level Planning, Governance, Panchayats, Ecosystems

Ek Ped Ek Zindagi: Dainik Bhaskar’s CSR initiative to drive behavioral change towards plantation and nurturing of saplings

Planting a tree is not just digging the soil and planting a sapling. The key lies in nurturing the planted saplings which, if done properly, will contribute immensely in increasing green cover and ensuring ecological balance.

 

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Forests, Afforestation, Ecology, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Medicinal Plants, Deforestation, Urbanisation

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape

In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘imported’ ideas, such as zero-budget farming from India.

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Sri Lanka, Forests, Afforestation, South Asia, Farmers, India
Environment
Vanarai
Vanarai, Rural Development, India, Environment, Afforestation
Environment

CAG slams environment ministry for lapses found during audits

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) today pulled up the environment ministry for failing to implement its ambitious projects of afforestation, conservation of biodiversity, pollution control and spreading awareness among the people besides lack of monitoring and manpower.

The CAG report, which was tabled in Parliament, found that money allotted under various environmental schemes had been

Publication Date: 
27/11/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Pollution, Forests, India, Afforestation
Environment

Green ministry wont red-light economic growth

New Delhi: The environment ministry will not remain a regulatory hurdle in the process of economic growth, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday while outlining his agenda on the day he took over office.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Afforestation, Development, Economy, Coal, Energy, India
Governance And Institutions

Interview: Can't see the desert for the trees

Returning to Africa after a 10 year absence, Chris Reij could barely believe his eyes. On the arid margins of the Sahara in Niger, all he could see were trees.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2008
Fred Pearce
New Scientist
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Environment Economics, Deserts, Desert Spread, Agroforestry, Niger, Afforestation, Farmers, Agroecosystem Planning, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Africa, Sahara

Pvt forest land: state to propose afforestation fee

Apartment owners in several plush areas of the suburbs including Mulund, Bhandup, Kandivali, Borivali and Goregaon

Publication Date: 
26/03/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Afforestation, High Court
Forests

 Pug marks hide the truth

a conference organized by the Union environment ministry on February 12 in the national capital came out with the Tiger Census 2008 and the State of India’s Forests Report 2005. Both came out with dismal figures: a little more than 1,400 tigers are left in the county; and over 725 sq km of forests have vanished between 2002 and 2004.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Afforestation, Endangered Species, Tribals, Wildlife, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Public Participation, India, Statistics

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