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Governance And Institutions

 Tragopan country

It's not often that a remote village finds a mention in government tourism brochures. Khonoma in Nagaland does. The village is not exactly an archetypal exotic destination. You have to withstand a two-hour, bone-rattling bus trip from Kohima to get there. But it's a trip worth taking if you are a wildlife enthusiast.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Amarjyoti Borah
Down to Earth
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Ecotourism, North East, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Sanctuaries, Unemployment, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, NGO, India, Nagaland, Kohima (D), Sustainable Development
Governance And Institutions

 Drought fails to crush a Bundelkhand village

Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region has been devastated by drought and other adverse weather conditions over the past four years. Madhaiya Anghela village in Madhogarh sub-division of Jalaun district

Publication Date: 
28/02/2008
Bharat Dogra
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Natural Fertilisers, Livestock, Water Conservation, Check Dam, Drought, Farmers, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, NGO, India, Uttar Pradesh, Jalaun
Industry

 The laboratory of development

How will vast regions of India, where highly unreliable rainfall makes the difference between famine and sustenance, cope with climate change? Over 85 per cent of the cultivated area in this country

Publication Date: 
30/12/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Wheat, Sugarcane, Groundwater Recharge, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Rural Water Harvesting, Check Dam, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Drought Management, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Panchayats, Maharashtra, Ahmadnagar (D), Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Governance And Institutions

 Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives

Mine workers in different parts of Rajasthan have got together to form cooperative. ARCHI RASTOGI visits them and finds that these cooperative are an entreprenurial success RUN PDS SHOP IN

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Archi Rastogi
Down to Earth
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Food Supply, Mining, Fisheries, Workers, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Panchayats, NGO, Trade Unions, Cooperatives, India, Rajasthan, Sustainable Development
Industry

 Tapping our tradition

Concerted efforts have been launched to promote traditional water harvesting systems in the desert area of Kutch in Gujarat. Abdasa Development Forum, Saurashtra Trust, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sanga-than,

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Water Harvesting, Governance And Institutions, Gujarat, Rainfall
Industry

 Seeds of progress

An NGO in Karnataka is endeavouring to make poor farmers self reliant in managing and sustaining land development projects in Kolar district

Publication Date: 
30/05/1997
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Land Use, Farmers, Governance And Institutions, NGO, Karnataka
Water Resources

 Park politics

The city of Mysore in Karnataka has become the scene for an interesting battle royal. In contention is the People's park in the heart of the city, fought over by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP),

Publication Date: 
30/03/1997
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Land Ownership, Governance And Institutions, Legislation, Mysore (D)
Environment

 Batty about bees

Gopal Paliwal had always been intrigued by the complex physiology of wild or rock honeybees. Today, this 28-year old entomologist boasts of a doctorate (from Wardha University) on the

Publication Date: 
30/12/1995
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Honey, Bees, Governance And Institutions
India

 Anti muck drive

The EXNORA-INTACH Clean India Campaign 11 ended in November, having covered 86 cities all over India. The communications yatra had people from EXNORA, a Madras-based NGO which has revolutionised

Publication Date: 
14/12/1995
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Waste Disposal, Governance And Institutions, NGO
India

 Targeting the tiger

The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has launched a public awareness cam- paign aimed at debunking traditional beliefs that fuel the demand for tiger products in South Asia.

Publication Date: 
14/12/1995
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Drugs, Tiger, Governance And Institutions

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