Water Resources

 Betrayed

Nepal s forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much hailed community forest management programme

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal
Water Pollution

 STRIPPED!

Forest bureaucracy arms itself to halt the spread of CFM • In the guise of a finance bill, the Nepalese government has given district forest officers powers to punish forest users' groups

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal
India

 A bill in question

The Andhra Pradesh government s move to legalise JFM kicks off a row

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Legislation, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Andhra Pradesh
India

 Bill & impact

"The Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) shall have powers to remove any member who is found guilty of having committed offence under any of the Forest Acts and Rules

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Legislation, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Andhra Pradesh
Water Resources

 Water is wealth

Excerpts from the Statement of Shared Concern by the participants of the CSE conference on Potential of Water Harvesting: Traditions, Policies and Social Mobilisation New Delhi, October 3 5, 1998 voiced the new paradigm for water management

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Rural Habitat, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Sustainable Development
Climate Change

 A bushful of medicine

Seabuckthorn, a plant with numerous medicinal properties, grows wild in India. Rural communities are the losers

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Habitat, Medicinal Plants, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Water Resources

 The myth of Kalahandi

The death of traditional water harvesting structures prepare Kalahandi for its worst ever drought

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Water Pollution

 Neglected structures

Simple, yet effective, rainwater harvesting structures provided succour in the face of drought

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
India

 Holding water

A village that has kept its date with history

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall
Environment

 Tanked!

What led to the decline of tanks

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Deforestation, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, Orissa (Odisha), Bolangir (D), Kalahandi, Koraput (D), Environment Management, Rainfall

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