India
CEPT University looking for Fellow and Senior Fellow
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 12:58 PMPositions available for Research Fellows and Senior Research Fellows
OneWorld South Asia looking for Research Associate – Climate Change
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 12:02 PMJob Description
• Manage content for OneWorld’s Integrated Knowledge System on Climate Change Adaptation (www.bhoogyan.net)
• Conduct research on climate change and development
• Moderate/facilitate a discussion list on Bhoogyan
• Engage with partner organisations on related activities
FES looking for Rural Development Professionals
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 11:52 AMThe Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) is looking for a couple of young and enthusiastic professionals with interest in rural development issues to work with their Aravali Coordination Office team at Bhilwara, Rajasthan.
CSE looking for reporters for Down To Earth magazine
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 11:24 AMCSE is looking for Reporters for Down To Earth magazine, based in Delhi, South and East India.
News updates - 15th October, 2009
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 02:23 PM
Picture from https://www.thehindu.com : (https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/14/images/2009101451490301.jpg) , drinking water being supplied by tanker in Bellary district
No fresh flood threat:
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101353490400.htm
Several articles cover the post-mortem of the floods, triggered by CWC statements that their warning to the government of AP was ignored
PIL filed alleging negligence on the part of AP government
Rosaiah reacts:
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/14/stories/2009101450460100.htm
https://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101359070300.htm
Young Climate Savers programme:Teacher's manual on climate change and energy
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 01:52 PMIn realizing this vision, WWF-India has partnered with Tetra Pak in designing the Young Climate Savers programme, aimed at imparting education on climate change in 200 schools across 10 cities in India through teacher training workshops and mainstreaming climate issues in the academic curriculum.
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation looking for a Project Manager
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 12:58 PMJBF is selecting a team of Development Professionals having administrative and project management skills in direct implementation of grass root projects with specialization in Water, Environment or NRM for a very large multi-donor project supported by UNDP.
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Outcomes:The Indian approach to climate change
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 12:29 AMOpportunities for Scholars in the Field of Sustainable Development
Posted on 13 Oct, 2009 12:34 PMScholars Program on Best Practices of Sustainable Development
"Water and The Laws in India": A book by Ramaswamy R Iyer
Posted on 12 Oct, 2009 03:16 PM
Water is a complex subject that gives rise to many issues, and several of them have legal aspects. The book proceeds from various water-related problems and issues to the legal questions that arise in those contexts, examines the adequacy and appropriateness of the relevant existing laws, if any, and considers the changes and reforms that are needed. It seeks to cover the ground extensively. The book also briefly raises and explores the case for a constitutional declaration on water and an over-arching national water law. This compendious volume thus straddles two domains, viz.,
(i) water-resource policy, management, conservation, conflict-resolution, etc (in itself a multiple domain encompassing many concerns and disciplines); and
(ii) water law