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Solid waste management initiatives in small towns - Lessons and implications - A WSP report
Posted on 10 Jun, 2011 05:12 PMThese efforts were developed and launched through urban local bodies and which transformed service levels and helped improve compliance with the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, in a context where the state of MSW services in most of the Indian towns has been far from sati
"Grassroots Comics: A Tool for Democracy" An exhibition of wall poster comics, World Comics India, 11th - 17th June, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Jun, 2011 03:02 PMContent courtesy: The Hindu
Organizer: World Comics India
Venue: Art Gallery (Annexe Building), India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Tearing through the water landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India - Release of a study by ESG
Posted on 09 Jun, 2011 08:03 PMArticle courtesy: Environment Support Group
On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project.
Earlier, on 31 January 2011, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project had secured in 2007, even though all these clearances were obtained by fraud, and thus illegal, as proved by two independent investigative committees that he appointed last year.
Reservoir fisheries of India - FAO technical paper (1995)
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:49 PMThis desk review is directed at those engaged in research, education, development and planning and provides consolidated information on reservoirs, including the resources available, level of technologies and the extent of their utilisation and has attempted to systematically compile all relevant information on Indian reservoirs from a fisheries perspective.
Monsoon 2011 onset over Kerala - A meteorological analysis by IMD
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:39 PMIndia Meteorological Department has objective criteria for declaring the onset of monsoon over Kerala.
Samuchit lifestyle workshop-'Turn a green leaf in your life', Samuchit Enviro-Tech, 18th June, 2011, Pune
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:27 PMOrganizers:
- Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited (SET)
- Petroleum Conservation Research Association
Venue: Samuchit Envirotech, 6, Ekta Park Co-operative Society, Law College Road Behind Nirmitee Showroom, Pune
Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi – A study by Observer Research Foundation
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:05 PMThe river, along with its estuarine reach, provides the much-needed green lungs to the city in the form of mangroves. Neglect of this river was the main cause of the catastrophic floods in Mumbai on 26 July, 2005, which claimed nearly 1,000 lives. In what could be a monumental urban transformation initiative to be undertaken anywhere in India yet, ORF has proposed a grand vision for the reclamation of Mithi River. The study report and a documentary film ’Making the sewer a river again - Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi’ on the dreadful conditions of the river, was released in May, 2011 in Mumbai.
YGL conference on Indo-Pak cooperation - ‘Climate change and disaster risk reduction: Managing risks, creating benefits’, Young Global Leaders, 8th – 9th July, 2011, Lahore
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 04:32 PMOrganizer: Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum
Venue: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
Topics:
- Current best practice in climate change, natural resources and disaster management - Pakistani and Indian context
Tearing through the water landscape - Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha - A report by ESG
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 03:34 PMBased on evidence from this inquiry, the study presents a critical analysis of the environmental and social impact information of POSCO's steel-power-port components to expose the fact that regulatory agencies have inadequate information on the short term and long term impacts of the project on the basis of the information that the company supplied to them. It also provides historical evidence