Reports and Documents

On 3 June 2010, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) constituted an independent, two-member team to asses the ground situation at Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa, in the wake of a recent spate of elephant deaths there. The elephant carcasses were first detected in April 2010.

This paper highlights the challenges involved in accurately identifying and classifying for tradestatistics purposes many of the energy-ef?cient goods used in the buildings sector.

This report estimates the overall size and scope of the payments directed to protect or restore watershed services and accounts for the full spectrum of watershed services.  Also looks at the opportunities and challenges based on the current level of transactions, experimentation and lessons learned.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) undertook a series of research activities together with partners in the Eastern Himalayas from 2007 to 2008 to provide a preliminary assessment of the impacts and vulnerability of this region to climate change.

This new report highlights the potential benefits of adopting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) type practices in countries including India. Says that significance of SRI lies not only in enabling increased yields with less water, but in the basket of associated social and environmental benefits. It is based on the experiences of Africare, Oxfam America and WWF in African Sahel, Southeast Asia, and India.

The guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National solar Mission launched by Union New & Non Renewable resources minister Dr. Fahrooq Abdulla.

This draft action plan on climate change by the Orissa government proposes strategies to move towards as a carbon conscious and climate resilient state. It envisages an outlay of around Rs 17,000 crore in 11 key sectors over the next five years and with this, Orissa is the first state to have formulated the Climate Change Action Plan.