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31-10-2009
Prakash Thosre, an Indian Forest Service officer in Maharashtra, was roped in to spearhead the National Green Corps project that has come to occupy a place among the top three states in terms of impact and value additions. In an exclusive interview with OneWorld South Asia, he talks of the project’s achievements.
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Image: Prakash Thosre/ Photo credit: Huned Contractor/ OWSA
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10-10-2009
India is a grossly water-inefficient country and people misuse water in every possible way, says veteran water expert Ramaswamy R. Iyer. In an interview with OneWorld South Asia, he discusses the various aspects of water and the laws related to it in the country.
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Image: Ramaswamy R. Iyer/ Photo credit: Sage Publications
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18-09-2009
Economists are taking a shortsighted and uninformed view of the failure of this year’s monsoon that has affected a vast number of people living on the margins of survival, says Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment. There is a need to take adequate action to push the water agenda more strongly, she adds.
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Image: Sunita Narain/ Photo credit: CCD Commission
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11-09-2009
Polluting industries across India have been allowed to grow unhindered, says film critic Dr Shoma A Chatterji in her review of Loha Garam Hai. Recipient of the best environmental film award, the film documents the struggles of people against the highly polluting sponge iron industry.
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Image: A clipping from the film Loha Garam Hai/ Photo credit: India Together
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02-09-2009
India’s National Green Tribunal Bill has evoked much criticism over the issues of accountability, biasness and restricting appeals from rights groups, notes environment and health policy analyst Gopal Krishna. A lot of reform is needed before it is passed by the Parliament, he says.
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24-08-2009
Tourism is flourishing and providing livelihood opportunities to the people of Ladakh but is also playing havoc with its fragile eco-system, writes Shobha S.V. To protect the spectacular landscape of this region in Jammu and Kashmir, tourism needs to go green.
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Image: Leh, the largest town in Ladakh/ Photo credit: Flickr
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22-08-2009
In a first attempt of its kind, a village in western India will be developed as a role model for use of water resources, according to the guidelines set by Waterman Rajender Singh. In this interview to OneWorld South Asia, he outlines the need for better water conservation methods.
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Image: Rajender Singh/ Photo credit: Huned Contractor/ OWSA
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10-08-2009
The global obsession with robust gross domestic products is giving way to a novel and controversial concept – the Green GDP that seeks to evaluate and place a monetary figure for a country’s environmental resources. Prerna Singh Bindra takes a look at the new ways to save the earth.
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26-06-2009
Heather Allen of the International Association of Public Transport wants to make public transportation sustainable in a market driven world. In an interview with Down to Earth, she talks of the bus business and pedestrians’ rights in developing countries, and why public transport should figure in climate debates.
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Image: Heather Allen/ Photo credit: Pradip Saha
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12-06-2009
With hazardous substances crossing borders and putting human health and the environment at serious risk, the world is only just beginning to focus on environmental threats posed by legal and illegal trade, writes senior journalist Darryl D'Monte.
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Image: Darryl D'Monte/ Photo credit: Tribune
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