Environment and Ecology
Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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This section relates to initiatives that promote the principles of ecological integrity and limits. These are initiatives which envision models of decentralized conservation of land, water and biodiversity, based on a respect for both local and modern knowledge, and considering environment as an integral part of life and work. It also highlight attempts at linking livelihoods to ecological regeneration and restoration at local and landscape level. It will feature innovative attempts to deal with problems of pollution and waste. Overall, this section will try to work towards an understanding of the ecosystem which includes sociological, historical and geographical considerations while deciding on the path that local urban/ rural communities and the larger society take towards well-being.
Climate Change and Limits to Growth-Oriented Model of Development: Case of China and India
From the perspective of climate change, both India and China need to think of alternative development models. (8-page essay). Excerpt from Conclusion: "India’s per capita ecological footprint is now about twice India’s own bio-capacity. India’s ecological system has clearly been overwhelmed by the current model of development (Global Footprint Network 2008).
Community-led conservation in India
Communities can conserve forests and make a living out of it. Then why is the government playing spoilsport?
Mangarbani sacred grove near Delhi
Mangarbani is a large sacred grove where some of the original vegetation of the Aravalli is still intact, protected by villagers, but now increasingly threatened.
Baigas of central India battle for their forest rights
The Baiga adivasis of central India have mobilised to reclaim their rights over forests they have traditionally used.
Beeja Vidyapeeth – Seed conservation initiative in Uttarakhand
A historical description of the Navdanya Seed Conservation Farm and University in Dehradun
Energy (R)evolution: Sustainable energy outlook for India
The second edition of India Energy [R]evolution in 2012 provides a practical pathway for India to secure its energy particularly electricity supply to achieve its long-term ambitious economic growth
Enabling youth towards saving ‘development’-induced destruction.
A programme titled 'Pahar aur Hum: Rethinking Development in the Himalayas' concluded in Himachal Pradesh where 16 youth from western Himalayan states quietly learnt lessons on environmental issues for six days.
Bringing back the rainforest
A team of botanists in the Western Ghats has spent over 30 years on an ambitious project to regrow a rainforest. Akshai Jain reports in the Tehelka
Village of Water Birds
Mangalajodi villagers have displayed a strong commitment to protect migratory and resident waterbirds at the edge of Chilika lake, Odisha.