Political
Report on a workshop on Environmental Flows, organised by Aaranyak, at Guwahati, Assam, on 6th May 2012
Posted on 10 Sep, 2012 01:54 PMThe ‘Workshop on Environmental Flows’ was organized by Aaranyak and River Research Center (Kerala) and supported by International Rivers, on 6th of May 2012.
Mobile GIS: For collection of socio-economic data and water resource management information (case study: Rural Maharashtra state, India) - A paper published in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering
Posted on 10 Sep, 2012 01:33 PMThis paper published in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering sheds light on the importance of using Mobile GIS in collection of data in rural Maharashtra.
Livelihood India Conference 2012, Access, November 29-30, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Sep, 2012 11:36 AMVenue: New Delhi
Organiser: ACCESS
Report on Indian Mountain Initiative Sustainable Mountain Development Summit 2 held at Gangtok, Sikkim between May 25-26, 2012
Posted on 09 Sep, 2012 03:57 PMAround 250 delegates from eleven hill states of India along with representatives from Darjeeling hills participated in the two days summit. It was organized by Ecotourism and Conservation Society of Sikkim (ECOSS) jointly with Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA).
Sangken: The festival of water in Arunachal Pradesh
Posted on 09 Sep, 2012 03:56 PMThis video features Sangken, the traditional festival of water marking symbolic purification before the new year in Arunachal Pradesh.
"The new human revolution": Ushering universalism and a just world through sustainability
Posted on 09 Sep, 2012 03:54 PMContemporary society is in a transition and deep into the making of the first universal society for mankind, creation of a ‘one world’ where human wellbeing can no longer be separated from other human beings or from planetary welfare.
India’s groundwater crisis- A discussion paper by Global Water Forum
Posted on 08 Sep, 2012 07:54 PMThis discussion paper by Global Water Forum reviews the drivers of groundwater crisis and its consequent impact, in India .
Market integration and price transmission in India: A case of rice and wheat with special reference to the world food crisis of 2007/08- A paper by Food and Agriculture Organization
Posted on 07 Sep, 2012 09:53 PMThis paper by Food and Agriculture Organization sheds light on the significant role played by rice and wheat in the Indian economy, its food security policy and the specific policy measures that were taken during the global economic crisis of 2007/08.
Machhu dam disaster of 1979 in Gujarat – Discussion on a book by Tom Wooten and Utpal Sandesara
Posted on 07 Sep, 2012 06:12 PMA discussion was organised on a new book by Tom Wooten and Utpal Sandesara - "No one had a tongue to speak" that spectacularly reconstructs the 1979 Machhu dam disaster in Gujarat, one of history’s worst disasters. The meeting was organised by SANDRP at India International Centre, New Delhi on 30th July, 2012.