Reports and Documents

This report includes the analysis of forest fires in Andhra Pradesh, which has immense importance in creation of a healthy forest.

The aim of this report is to examine the problem of changing climate patterns in dry land areas and its effect on rural populations and offer some practical solutions, as input the Conference of Conference of the Parties (COP18) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

To promote engagement in disaster and climate risk management practices, this report informs readers about the elements that are driving increases in disaster risk in South Asia Region (SAR).

Higher temperatures and unpredictable weather events are disrupting life-sustaining agriculture in many parts of the world, derailing efforts to reduce hunger and poverty in the world’s poorest regions.

This publication is an attempt to share the initial outcomes of Technology Demonstration Component being implemented by selected KVKs. In this, significant lessons learnt and initial impact of the interventions on helping the farmers to cope with climate variabilities are presented.

The overall emissions generated from the city of Pune in the year 2010-11 were 4,661,064.20 tonnes of CO2e. This translates to about 1.46 tonnes of CO2e per capita in the same year reveals this first-ever carbon footprint report for the city.

This paper deals with the interface between science and economics in environmental policy making in India. It explains Nehru‘s concept of scientific temper and its influence in the formulation of science and technology policy and development of the science and technology system.

The growing global demand for medicinal and aromatic plants could help drive Nepal's green economy, while improving livelihoods in its poorest communities, according to a new study released by the UNEP in collaboration with the Government of Nepal.

Focusing trans-boundary water regime of Ganges- Brahmaputra- Meghna (GBM) basin, this situation analysis paper discusses the core issues related to environmental security through analyzing various environmental impacts and its significance at the national and regional level.

Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) is a method of working in which the public and private sectors cooperate and partner with each other to create infrastructure and/ or provide services to users. All PPP projects have multiple stakeholders such as the ULBs, citizens, private sector, and state and central governments.