http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/archive/1897 en_GB http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156847/1/1897 OneWorld South Asia’s Seventh Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and perspectives on the Climate Change debate.More... http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154470/1/1897 The World Sustainable Development Forum is organizing Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on 7-9 February 2008 to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Noble laureate R.K. Pachauri says in his message that the summit assumes unusual importance because it will deal with the theme of sustainable development and climate change. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/153389/1/1897 Personal hygiene may be taken seriously by the people; yet toilet waste is finding its way into water bodies. Public indifference and a lack of action are creating a serious health hazard in the city of Colombo and rural areas. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/153178/1/1897 Credit:Blackstone Group Rapidly industrialising India and China have claimed four of the top 10 most polluted places on the planet for the first time, according to a report by U.S. and European environmental groups http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/150858/1/1897 India’s water man and Magsaysay Award winner Rajinder Singh is busy rallying people on the banks of river Yamuna, that flows through Agra - the city of the Taj Mahal, to stand up for their water rights by protecting river Yamuna from pollution and “from being handed over” to the MNCs. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78333 South Korean steel company POSCO’s $12 billion investment in Orissa has run into trouble. The proposed steel plant will displace thousands of farmers and lead to environmental problems. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/149020/1/1897 Environmentalists and public health groups across nations expressed their concern over the future role of ADB in Japan's 3R Initiative - reduce, reuse, recycle. The 3R waste management policy fails to hold the generators responsible for their wastes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78249 Toxics Link, an Indian organisation working for environmental justice and freedom from toxics, is conducting a workshop on e-waste management on 17 May 2007 at Quality Inn Aruna, 144, Sterling Road, Chennai, India. The workshop aims to facilitate discussions and information exchange among various stakeholders on e-waste management practices in the state. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78234 The Gowda community in the southern Indian state of Kerala was persuaded to voluntarily shift from the Tirunelli-Kudrakote, a human - elephant conflict-ridden area. In a significant move the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from the UK-based World Land Trust and the IUCN Netherlands Committee have provided alternate houses, cultivativable land, drinking water, and other civic amenities to the people who opted to relocate. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/147696/1/1897 Greenpeace activists beamed huge slides on to the cooling tower of the National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) power plant, that supplies electricity to Indian capital New Delhi, to brand the culprits of climate change. The message Stop Climate Change – Energy (r)evolution now! is for the Indian government to rethink its energy strategy before climate change starts affecting economic development of the country. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/147694/1/1897 Citisens of Indian capital New Delhi and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) appealed to the government to stop and review the brutal onslaught on thousands of trees lining the roads of the city for making way for the High Capacity Bus Service Corridor and widening of roads for more lanes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/143907/1/1897 A World Bank report - Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization - released on Friday in Indian capital New Delhi warns that globalization could spur faster growth in developing countries but could be accompanied by growing income inequality and potentially severe environmental pressures. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76093 With only 11 per cent of the earth’s surface considered prime land for feeding a global population expected to reach 8.2 billion by 2020, early warning systems for climate change are crucial in fighting land degradation that already affects 250 million people and threatens 1 billion more, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/143548/1/1897 The Indian government is disappointed with international response to technology transfers and foreign direct investments under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol as it restricts the country’s ability to fight climate change. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/142611/1/1897 New Delhi based-NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has warned of a smoggy, choking winter in Delhi this year because of rising vehicle numbers and the city's love for diesel as the fuel of choice. But evidence indicts diesel fumes as harbingers of cancer and other deadly ailments.