Governance
The Goa sewerage system and sanitation services management act - Government of Goa
Posted on 20 May, 2011 04:26 PMThis document describes the Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act and includes:
Kelo dam, Raipur, Chattisgarh oustees agitation - Hunger strike called off after meeting with Chief Minister - Audio updates from CGNet Swara
Posted on 19 May, 2011 11:03 AMArticle courtesy: CGNet Swara
Kelo dam hunger strike: 7 more farmers shifted to hospital
Rajesh Tripathi is reporting from continuing hunger strike of farmers from Kelo dam site in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. He says 7 more farmers have now been shifted to hospital. 4 were shifted before in last 2 days.
The rape of Goa - A photo documentary by Rajan Parrikar (2008)
Posted on 17 May, 2011 05:41 PMGoa, the last remaining redoubt of the pleasant, civilized life in India, now faces environmental ruin from indiscriminate construction and exploitation of its natural resources. Concomitant with this ruin is the imminent erasure of its sui generis identity and culture wrought by the uncontrolled influx of migrants from all over India. First released in May 2008, this documentary was screened in towns and cities all across Goa.
Peri-urban water security in a context of urbanization and climate change - A review of concepts and relationships by SaciWaters
Posted on 17 May, 2011 04:05 PMIt is a part of the peri-urban water security project discussion paper series that aims at having a collection of research papers relevant to the concepts and processes involved in the project that represent preliminary ideas circulated to encourage discussion and comments.
Though the relevant literature is cited at many places, this is not intended to be a literature review per se, but instead seeks to develop a shared framework to identify a set of common issues and questions that merit investigation.
The paper argues that peri-urban can be better understood in terms of its characteristics - a mix of agricultural and non-agricultural land uses, flows of goods, services and resources between villages and urban centers and a social profile that is very heterogeneous and in a state of flux. All these impact upon the local natural resource base, creating particular environmental and natural resource management problems that are often beyond the scope of urban or rural governments alone and require innovative ways of being addressed.
Synergos calls for Senior Fellows 2012- Apply by 1st July 2011
Posted on 16 May, 2011 12:19 PMThe Senior Fellows program is administered in partnership with The Synergos Institute Cananda and is made possible in part thanks to support from Kim Samuel Johnson.
The Senior Fellows Network is comprised of distinguished international civil society leaders committed to collaborative efforts that address the underlying causes of poverty and inequity.
Launched in 1999, the Senior Fellows program links extraordinary civil society leaders in a worldwide learning, service and action network. The network aims to strengthen the capacity and opportunities for these leaders to be catalysts and play a major role in partnerships that address the systemic causes of poverty and promote sustainable social change.
Estimation of groundwater resources in Andhra Pradesh - A report by the State Groundwater Department - GoAP (2002)
Posted on 14 May, 2011 05:19 PMThe sustainable development and management of the resource requires precise quantitative assessment based on valid scientific principles. The updated Groundwater Estimation Committee methodology – 1997 has been used and detailed guidelines were formulated through discussions and deliberations in the State Level Groundwater Estimation Committee.
Gujarat’s agricultural growth story: Reality check and important lessons for water management – A paper by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy
Posted on 13 May, 2011 07:57 PMThe agricultural ‘growth’ seen in the recent past in Gujarat is nothing but a good recovery from a major dip in production occurred during the drought years of 1999 and 2000, because of four consecutive years of successful monsoon and bulk water transfer through the Sardar Sarovar project. The real ‘miracle growth’ in Gujarat’s agriculture appears to have occurred during the period from 1988 to 1998.
Honeysuckers - How Bangalore's sewage is managed - A film by Gautam Vishwanath and Celine Thizy
Posted on 13 May, 2011 12:08 PM
The Karnataka town and country planning and certain other laws (Amendment) bill - Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Posted on 13 May, 2011 10:34 AMThis document describes the Karnataka Town and Country Planning and Certain Other Laws Bill, 2004 and includes:
Change.org is looking for Country Director, India
Posted on 12 May, 2011 01:40 PMChange.org is a rapidly expanding, profitable social venture growing by hundreds of thousands of members a month and empowering people across the globe to win social action campaigns on a wide range of issues such as human rights, global poverty, and environmental protection.
Change.org is hiring Country Director, who will oversee our advocacy and organising efforts in India to crafting and executing rapid-response campaigns, and helping millions of activists start and successfully run their own local campaigns, and build a team that scales with success.