India

 A sorry state, indeed!

THE state of India's natural resources is appalling, according to a preliminary report prepared by Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) as part of its long-term 'Green India 2047' project.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Drinking Water, India
Air Pollution

 United Nations

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged farmers to take steps for preventing soil erosion by stopping conventional plou

Publication Date: 
30/10/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Agricultural Research, FAO
Economy

 Profiting from disaster

Zoramthanga , the chief minister of Mizoram, has many reasons to reminisce the birth of his party, the Mizo National Front, an insurgent group till 1986. About fifty years back, the famine that ensued the bamboo flowering led to

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Land Use, Soil Erosion, Cash Crops, Bamboo, Development, Economy, Private Sector, Legislation, Governance, Mizoram, Climate
Climate Change

 Pact politics

High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world"s biggest polluter

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Global Environmental Agreements, UNFCCC, Croplands, Soil Erosion, Forest Management, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, China, United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol
Agriculture

 Old as the hills

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture is a sound ecological management strategy, provided it is sustainable

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Climate Change

Climate change and dams: An analysis of the linkages between the UNFCCC legal regime and dams

This study looks at the linkages between dams and climate change. It analyses the climate change legal regime as represented by the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change and its Kyoto Protocol and attempts to highlight the relevance of its provisions, decisions and processes to the planning, appraisal, design, construction, operation and

Publication Date: 
01/11/2000
UNEP
Tags:
UNFCCC, Soil Erosion, Dams, Sediment Transport, Deforestation, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation, Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Climate Impacts
Agriculture

 DESTRUCTIVE DAM

The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), has been asked to take action against the construction of Kalabagh dam on the Indus river in Pakistan. Liberation, a European

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Waterlogging, Soil Erosion, Indus, Dams, Deforestation, NGO, Pakistan
India

 Trees against deserts

Grow more trees around fields and along waterbodies to prevent desertification

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
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Soil Erosion, Desert Spread, Afforestation, Trees
Water Pollution

 Green business

The Japanese consumer appliance and electronics firm, Sanyo, said recently that a Canadian company

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Soil Erosion, Canada, Electronics Industry, Japan
India

 Farmers panic

soil erosion due to the fast-flowing Ravi river currents has created panic among the farmers in the Makaura Ferri

Publication Date: 
29/04/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Ravi, Deforestation, Farmers, Gurdaspur

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