Karnataka

The purpose of the project activity is to set up 5,500 biogas plants (digesters) of 2m3 capacity each for single households. Each household will utilize the dung of its cows to feed the digester for the production of biogas for cooking purpose and heating of hot water. The aim of the project is to replace the

Publication Date:

23/05/2005

Source: UNFCC

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Green House Gases, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Energy, Biogas, India, Karnataka, Kolar

Wildlife

Breather

Court stays cases against conservationists

Publication Date:

14/02/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Western Ghats, Wildlife, Kudremukh NP, High Court, NGO, Karnataka

India

Thread less in 2005

Why weavers in Belgaum, Karnataka, can not go to market

Publication Date:

14/12/2004

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Textile Industry, Trade, WTO, Poverty, India, Karnataka, Belgaum (D)

India

The Bandipur Brazil corridor

In Bandipur: dung sold at Rs 3,000 a lorry load.In Brazil: a ravaged coffee crop. Asks nitin sethi : what s the relation?

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Animal Dung, Coffee, Trade, Bandipur NP, India, Karnataka

Industry

Money does grow on trees

My initiation into environmental advocacy began in the mid 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal was involved in a fight against the Karnataka government s proposal to give forest land to Harihar

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041031

pp:

11

Tags:

Environment, Forest Movements, Awards, Karnataka, Forest Policy