Water Resources

 Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution Control, Land Resources, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Trees, Compensation, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Andhra Pradesh
India

 Preference to natives

local community members will have the first claim over the forest produce, says the blueprint of Madhya Pradesh's new forest policy. Only after these

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Grazing Lands, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Trees, India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Green government

The Tree of Authority of Pune s innovative strategies are changing the face of the city

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Afforestation, Trees, Legislation, NGO, India, Maharashtra, Pune (D)
India

 Unhearthed

Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
C S Malhi
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Animal Breeding, Animal Feed, Deforestation, Trees, Endangered Species, Birds, Life Science
Industry

 Bamboo shock

The Mizoram government gears up to face the menace of bamboo flowering

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Lian Chawii
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trees, Bamboo, Mizoram, Crops
India

 The relation between tanks and trees

For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Deep Narayan Pandey
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Ecology, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Deforestation, Trees, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, India, Madhya Pradesh, Forest Management
Forests

 Forestland benefits

Under the Lok Vaniki scheme, a farmer can extract benefits from his land by selling its produce, including timber

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Forests, Land Degradation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Wood, Forest-Based Industry, Trees, Farmers, Medicinal Plants, Public Participation, Madhya Pradesh, Dewas (D)
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
Water Resources

 DANGEROUS ROAD

The Supreme Court has stayed a project of the Uttaranchal government to build

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
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Trees, Corbett NP, Tiger Reserves, Supreme Court, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 Zooming in

A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Forests, Land Use, Western Ghats, Trees, Habitat, Wildlife, National Parks, Kudremukh NP, Biodiversity, Audiovisuals, India, Delhi

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