Reports and Documents

This is an interim report of the Supreme Court technical expert committee dated 07.10.2012, in response to public interest litigation on GMOs. The committee has considered issues that relate to the conducting of field trials and food safety and exposure to the environment as raised in the PIL.

Coastal livelihoods in SW Bangladesh are largely dependent on its natural resources of mangrove forest (timber, wood fuel, honey, fish and other aquatic species) agriculture and marine fisheries. Following construction of the coastal embankment and other development investment there have been drastic environmental changes.

This 2012 edition of World Disasters Report released by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies focuses on the plight of people forcibly displaced by conflict, political upheaval, disasters, climate change & development projects.

National Tourism Conservation Authority (NTCA) notified these guidelines on 15 Oct 2012, under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 for tourism in and around tiger reserves.

This report exposes the environmental damage and human rights violations against tribal and other forest dwellers in the forests of Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh, that are under threat from the Indian government’s massive coal expansion programme.

The specific objectives of the research study are: To describe the current level of ownership and control of the selected communities over the land and natural resources; To describe the circumstances and manner that the land is being grabbed; To identify the impacts of land grabbing on the selected communities; and To elaborate the ongoing resi

Ministry of Environment & Forests from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 accorded environmental clearance to 209 development projects and approved 1126 proposals involving diversion of 15, 639 hectares of forest land.

With growth weakening in many parts of the world and downside risks on the rise, fiscal consolidation remains challenging. However, considerable progress has been made in strengthening fiscal accounts following their sharp deterioration in 2008–09.

According to this global hunger Index 2012 prepared by IFPRI, India lags behind in improving its GHI score despite strong economic growth. It has analyzed the level of hunger in 120 countries and provides recommendations on how to use land, water and energy for sustainable food security.