Mining

 Prize of hard work

the people of Bhaonta-Kolyala village of Alwar district of Rajasthan have constructed a stone checkdam, reinforc

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Watershed Development, Rural Development, Public Participation, CSE, Awards, Alwar (D)
India

 Prosperity and Beyond

A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces challenges of a different kind today

Publication Date: 
14/10/2000
Richard Mahapatra
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Lifestyles, Water Conservation, Watershed Development, Migration, Unemployment, Education, Public Participation, Personalities, Maharashtra, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Rising like the Phoenix

After suffering a spate of floods villagers regain environmental and economic vitality

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
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Land Use, Common Property Resources, Organic Farming, Watershed Development, Floods, Disaster Management, Women, Public Participation, NGO, Rajasthan, Jaipur (D), Sustainable Development
Agriculture

 A fighting chance

One man s dedication transformed the degraded, deforested land of his village

Publication Date: 
14/08/2000
Jay Prakash Panwar
Down to Earth
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Fodder, Water Harvesting, Tehri, Watershed Development, Public Participation, Community Groups, Uttar Pradesh, Sustainable Development
Water Resources

 Forgetting science

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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20000715
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Environment Politics, Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Dams, Watershed Development, Rural Habitat, Gujarat, Hydrology
India

 Motivating people...

...to harvest water in their homes

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development, Public Participation, CSE, India
Environment

 Blind to rain

Gujarat s minister for major irrigation projects needs to understand that big dams alone do not add up to water management

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Dams, Canal Irrigation, Watershed Development, Drought, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, CSE, Anil Agarwal, Politics, Gujarat, Food Security
India

 A political drought

The financial sustainability of water schemes has run aground; and, repairs and maintenance is abysmal

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Environment Politics, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development, Drought, Knowledge, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sustainable Development, Rainfall, Governance
Industry

 Going places

Madhya Pradesh chief minister will speak on watershed management at a world forum

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Watershed Development, Personalities, Netherlands, Madhya Pradesh
Industry

 Holding their own

Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought

Publication Date: 
14/01/2000
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Tags:
Water Management, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water Scarcity, Irrigation, Watershed Development, Drought, Public Participation, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

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