Biodiversity

India, Norway to set up think-tank on biodiversity

The National Biodiversity Authority and Norway Government’s Division of Nature Management will set up a Centre for Biodiversity Policy and Law.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biodiversity, India, Norway, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Benefit Sharing, Flora, Fauna, Chennai (D), Tamil Nadu, Biosafety
Biodiversity

Biodiversity’s brain centre is here

The National Biodiversity Authority and the Division of Nature Management, Norway have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the first ever Centre for Biodiversity Policy and Law

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Biodiversity, India, Norway, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Benefit Sharing, Flora, Fauna, Chennai (D), Tamil Nadu, Biosafety
Forests

Approaches to benefit sharing: a preliminary comparative analysis of 13 REDD+ countries

This working paper builds on a study of REDD+ policies in 13 countries to provide a global overview and up‑to‑date profile of benefit‑sharing mechanisms for REDD+ and of the political‑economic factors affecting their design and setting.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2013
Pham Thu Thuy, Maria Brockhaus, Grace Wong, & et al
Center for International Forestry Research
Tags:
REDD, Benefit Sharing, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Policy, Land Tenure
Health

Review of the bioenvironmental methods for malaria control with special reference to the use of larvivorous fishes and composite fish culture in central Gujarat, India

Mosquito control with the use of insecticides is faced with the challenges of insecticide resistance in disease vectors, community refusal, their high cost, operational difficulties, and environmental concern. In view of this, integrated vector control strategies with the use of larvivorous fishes such as Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and Gambusia (G.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2013
Rajni Kant, S. Haq, H.C. Srivastava & et al
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
1-12
Tags:
Malaria, Bio Vector Control, Kheda (D), Gujarat, India, Benefit Sharing
Forests

Can communities plan, grow and sustainably harvest from forests?

Extensive experimental research has been devoted to the study of behaviour related to public goods, common-pool resources and other social dilemmas. In a majority of these studies, it is found that subjects tend to cooperate if they are allowed to communicate and make their own rules of use. In the context of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, a number of questions are being raised at public forums. Are communities capable of managing a valuable resource like a forest? Will transfer of authority not result in large-scale deforestation?

Publication Date: 
23/02/2013
Rucha Ghate, Suresh Ghate, Elinor Ostrom
Economic and Political Weekly
48
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59-67
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Maharashtra, Thane (D), Dhule (D), Nandurbar (D), Amravati (D), Chandrapur (D), Gadchiroli (D), Forest Rights Act 2006, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Resources, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Conservation, Tribals, Deforestation, Benefit Sharing
Dams/ Irrigation

India speeds up work on 200 dams

With China having given the go-ahead to the construction of three more dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, India too has fast-tracked the construction of 200 mega and small dams in the Brahmapu

Publication Date: 
12/02/2013
Rashme Sehgal
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, China, Dams, Brahmaputra, Water Resources, Rivers, Arunachal, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Hydroelectricity, Benefit Sharing, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Water Resources

New Delhi invites Dhaka's stake in dams on common rivers

In contrast to China's unilateral move to construct dams on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, India has taken a different route with respect to dams on rivers it shares with Bangladesh.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2013
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
India, Bangladesh, South Asia, Rivers, Dams, Brahmaputra, Benefit Sharing, Hydroelectricity, Barak, Freshwater Ecosystems, Environment, Sikkim, Subansiri, Water Resources, Bhutan
Water Resources

Cauvery water sharing: SC asks Karnataka to file report

The Supreme Court today directed Karnataka to furnish all the information on the quantum of Cauvery river water shared by it to Tamil Nadu since 1992 and said that out of box thinking is required o

Publication Date: 
29/01/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Cauvery, Water Resources, Water Disputes, Interstate Disputes, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Benefit Sharing, Irrigation
Water Resources

India not obstructing Teesta flow: Saran

Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said his country is not obstructing water flow of the Teesta River.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2013
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, South Asia, India, Water Resources, Teesta, Benefit Sharing
Forests

The context of REDD+ in Nepal: challenges and opportunities

This report provides an overview of Nepal’s initiatives on readiness for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), the political and socioeconomic context in which they are taking place, and their implications for conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing cou

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Naya S. Paudel, Dil B. Khatri, Dil Raj Khanal, Rahul Karki
Center for International Forestry Research
Tags:
REDD, Nepal, South Asia, Deforestation, Forest Management, Land Use, Governance, Benefit Sharing, Climate Change

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