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The state of food and agriculture

Submitted by susan on Mon, 2014-07-07 12:57

Armed conflict and civil strife were major sources of food insecurity in the 1990s and will continue to be this century, although their number and the losses associated with them may have passed their peak.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2000
Conflicts
Agriculture
Food Security
Food Supply
Malnutrition
Developing Countries
Famine
Africa
Asia
Food Aid
Attachment(s): 
state of food and agriculture.pdf
Main Topic: 
Environment
Publisher : 
FAO
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Climate change - A challenge to India's economy

Submitted by susan on Tue, 2013-07-02 16:32

Briefing paper on climate change for members of Parliament by Anil Agarwal - Calling upon policy makers to recognise India's stake in the international climate change negotiations.

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Publication Date: 
01/01/2000
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Publisher : 
Centre for Science and Environment
Climate Change
Economic Development
Anil Agarwal
CSE
Parliament
Global Warming
Developing Countries
Kyoto Protocol
Natural Disasters
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Floods
Droughts
Climate Impacts
Sea Level Rise
Extreme Weather Events
Attachment(s): 
cse_briefing.pdf
Author: 
Anil Agarwal
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi
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The Bhopal Legacy

Submitted by madhu on Tue, 1999-11-02 04:22

The Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, which used to manufacture (among other products) the pesticide Sevin (carbaryl) gained world-wide recognition as a result of the tragic chemical disaster on the night of 2-3rd December

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Publication Date: 
01/11/1999
Main Topic: 
Environment
Publisher : 
Greenpeace Research Laboratories
Groundwater Pollution
Bhopal
Compensation
Bhopal Gas Disaster
Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)
Union Carbide
Attachment(s): 
report-7.pdf
Author: 
Labunska
K.
I.; Stephenson
A.; Brigden
Stringer
Place of Publication: 
UK
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The Bhopal legacy

Submitted by sheeja on Mon, 1999-11-01 21:51

In May 1999, Greenpeace International, along with the Bhopal-based NGOs Bhopal Group for Information and Action and Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sanghatana, carried out an investigation of the former UCIL site. Samples of soil were collected both from areas once used for waste disposal, and around the former Sevin plant, where a ruptured and leaking storage tank was found.

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Publication Date: 
01/11/1999
Groundwater Pollution
Lead
Drinking Water
Pesticide Industry
Bhopal Gas Disaster
Union Carbide
Greenpeace
India
Publisher : 
Greenpeace International
Attachment(s): 
the-bhopal-legacy.pdf
Main Topic: 
Environment
Author: 
& et al
Labunska
I.
Stephenson
A.
Brigden
K.
Place of Publication: 
UK
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Combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought in Nigeria

Submitted by susan on Tue, 2014-08-19 11:58

National Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD)

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Publication Date: 
01/11/1999
Attachment(s): 
desertification drought Nigeria.pdf
Main Topic: 
Environment
Publisher : 
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Desert Spread
Nigeria
Climate Change
Environment
Water Resources
Afforestation
Wetlands
Soil Capability
Land Degradation
Biodiversity
Waste Management
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Proposals for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two- and three-wheelers and other issue

Submitted by sheeja on Sat, 1999-10-02 12:36

The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards be announced early.

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Publication Date: 
02/10/1999
Vehicular Pollution
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)
Petrol
Two And Three Wheelers
Two-Stroke
Catalytic Converter
Emission Tax
Fuel Economy Standards
Supreme Court
Delhi
Publisher : 
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Attachment(s): 
Proposal for emission controls and other issue.pdf
Main Topic: 
Transport
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi
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Linkages between government spending, growth, and poverty in rural India

Submitted by sheeja on Fri, 1999-10-01 11:16

This research report on India addresses an important policy issue faced by policy -makers in many developing countries: how to allocate public funds more efficiently in order to achieve both growth and poverty-reduction goals in rural areas.

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Publication Date: 
01/10/1999
Main Topic: 
Poverty
Publisher : 
International Food Policy Research Institute
Agriculture
Development
Rural Development
Economic Development
India
Rural Poverty
Attachment(s): 
rr110.pdf
Author: 
Shenggen Fan
Peter Hazell
Sukhadeo Thorat
Place of Publication: 
Washington DC
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Proposal for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two and three wheelers and other issue

Submitted by sheeja on Fri, 1999-10-01 22:40

The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, has made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards announced early.

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Publication Date: 
01/10/1999
Air Pollution
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)
Petrol
Two And Three Wheelers
Three Wheelers
Supreme Court
India
Vehicles
Vehicle Technology and Fuel
Publisher : 
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Attachment(s): 
threeweelers-1.pdf
Main Topic: 
Air Pollution
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi

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