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
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Land Use, Farmers, Governance And Institutions, NGO, Karnataka
India

 Evergreen options

The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) organised the Third Agricultural Science Congress in collaboration with the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Punjab, on March 12. The

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Use, Agriculture, Pesticides, Pest Control, Food Policy, Groundwater, Water Conservation, India
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

 Regeneration on reels

K Bikram Singh will soon be relating another tale about the regeneration of barren land in his new film. He has earlier made two films on the same subject: Rebirth and Jhilmil.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1995
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Madhya Pradesh
India

 The spirit of the sanctuary

FIVE YEARS ago, the social forestry department in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra cleared several trees from a forest near Nandivse village to plant acacia trees. It did not know that the 4-ha patch was a sacred grove surrounding the temple of a powerful local deity, Kal Bhairon. The villagers, too, joined in because they were paid for the felling and planting.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Amit Mitra, Sumanta Pal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Traditional Knowledge, Sacred Groves, Religious Beliefs, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Hotspots, Public Participation, India

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