Media

For a Cold War after-dinner television drama, Twelve Angry Men has travelled unusually far. Set in a hot, stuffy New York courthouse, the play focuses on a jury deliberating the fate of an 18-year-old accused of patricide. The script was made into the now-classic film starring Henry Fonda. The parable for America

Publication Date:

29/04/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Governance And Institutions, Media, Traditional Media, Lebanon

Natural Disasters

The development of a public private partnership framework and action plan for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Asia

The objective of this review commissioned by UNISDR as a follow up to the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) is to develop a common action plan that would facilitate such partnerships based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Helen Roeth

Source: Corporate Social Responsibility Asia

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Health, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Industry, Private Sector, Media, Asia, India

Whos afraid of slumdog millionaire?

Serious quiz buffs frown upon such game shows on TV

Publication Date:

14/03/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Governance And Institutions, Information, Media, Cinema, TV

Climate Change

Climate integration in decision making by people and policy makers

Accounting for the existing and potential impact of the changing climate in decision making is rapidly becoming urgent for households and development agencies in vulnerable locations. Such an informed decision making, though desirable, requires in-depth awareness of the issue as well as availability of relevant information.

Publication Date:

01/02/2009

Author(s): Udit Mathur

Source: Development Alternatives

Vol:

19

Issue:

2

pp:

0

Tags:

Agriculture, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Information, Media, Traditional Media, Environment Education, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India, Rainfall Pattern, Bundelkhand

Governance And Institutions

Maoist speak

In the last week of December, many newspapers in Nepal kept their editorial space blank to protest against attacks on the offices of Himal Media. On December 21 the offices of Nepal

Publication Date:

30/01/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Governance And Institutions, Media, Press, Political Parties, Nepal

The public relations republic

Let me dare to predict how regulatory and corporate India will resolve IT major Satyam

Publication Date:

30/01/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Media, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), India, Corruption, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Why this magazine?

WHEN we began publishing in May 1992

Publication Date:

14/01/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Media, Press, CSE, India, Governance And Institutions

Governance And Institutions

Workshop on bio-diversity, traditional knowledge and the media

SHILLONG: Bio-diversity is a subject best left to environmentalists, or so it is believed. This springs from a lack of awareness about the larger consequences that destruction of biodiversity can lead to.

Publication Date:

16/12/2008

Source: Shillong Times (Shillong)

Tags:

Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Media, Meghalaya