Reports and Documents

This MoEF order dated May 2, 2011 has granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project. It says that the steel firm should not export raw material from the proposed project.

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The European Commission has published a strategy for the EU to protect and improve the state of Europe's biodiversity and contribute to the 2020 global biodiversity targets.

A report by top international food security experts urges the Group of 20 leading economies to tackle food price volatility by reforming biofuel policies, curbing the use of agricultural export restrictions, and rebuilding emergency food reserves.

This review on state of cookstove research & action in the developing nations including India, examines opportunities for technology development and presents a roadmap for scaling up stove programs as transformative tools for sustainable development.

The draft solar policy released by Karnataka government for 2011-2016. The state government aims to install 40 MW of solar power generation capacity every year between FY12 and FY16. This capacity includes the generation capacity selected under the first and second phases of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.

CSE welcomes the shift in Indian government's position on on endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention and wants government to expedite the phase out as its health hazards are now known & accepted.

This report by Transparency International explores major climate-related corruption risks, sets out practical guidelines and calls on strengthening of governance mechanisms to reduce corruption risk and make climate change policy effective and successful.

This report produced jointly by by GWEC, WISE and IWTMA focuses on the market opportunities and the legal and regulatory framework in India. Also provides an insight into the challenges and offers suggestions on how to overcome hurdles for wind power development.

Every Indian city, worth its salt, was known by its water body. Structures -- tanks, lakes, step wells and the channels to convey rainwater –determined the city’s water manners. Today, these water bodies are a shame – encroached, full of sewage, garbage or just filled up and built over. In state after state, citizens and NGOs have filed legal cases for protection of lakes. And the courts have responded with dramatic verdicts, which provide the learnings for how these water-systems can be regenerated for the city’s future. This comprehensive database by CSE tracks the cases on important lakes of India in courts.