Environment

The challenge of the balance: environmental economics in India - proceedings of the national environment and economic meeting

The number of institutions trying to integrate environmental concerns with economics is still small in India, especially given the size of the country and the diversity of its environmental problems and challenges, but a small beginning has already been made. This volume presents the proceedings of the national environment and economics meeting held in January 1994, in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1996
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment Economics, Land Use, Animal Care, Lakes, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Irrigation, Forest Management, Watershed Development, Trade, Energy, Biodiversity, Poverty, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Sustainable Development, Agriculture
Forests

 But who manages the managers?

THIS book provides a good overall perspective on the world's forests and the political economy of forest management. Authors with broad experience in many fields present diverse views on key

Publication Date: 
30/03/1994
N C Saxena
Down to Earth
2
19940331
0
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management
Biodiversity

 The past catches up with the present

A custom of community forest protection, started in 1832 by the Raja of Alwar, is making a comeback

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Sudeep Mukhia
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Biodiversity, Rajasthan
Biodiversity

 There's more to trees than timber

New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection of countries' ecosystems.

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
Ann Danaiya
Down to Earth
2
19931115
0
Tags:
Pesticides, Forest Management, Deforestation, Wood, Trees, Biodiversity

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