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No doubt there are environmental costs to the rolling out of the physical infrastructure like water supply pipes or roads or electric city production and distribution and even telecom development. …
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UN Habitats Fifth World Urban Forum Concludes in Rio
Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN Habitat at the WUF The World Urban Forum is one of the world’s premier conferences on cities. It was established by the United …
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Invite: Seminar on Water for Indian Cities
A disturbing phenomenon observed in most developing countries of the world is the failure of city governments in meeting the basic needs of the urban population. It is a well …
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Learning to Look at the Larger Picture
200 mosquitoes swarmed into our bedroom last night. Some of them also managed to get into our mosquito net which meant a sleepless night. The impact it had on our …
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From Acquiring Knowledge to Being the Change
Ever considered the question: how do we acquire knowledge about the physical environment around us? The easiest way to get to know about environment in general and environmental issues in …
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Tending to the Climate Affected: Charity or Responsibility
Your involved participation in the conversation on various issues and your pragmatic actions continue to inspire me to write the blog. Thank you for the continued encouragement, since a little …
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Welcome 2010: International Year of Biodiversity
The term ‘Biodiversity’, as defined by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is the variety of all forms of life, from genes to species, present throughout in the narrow to the broad …
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Cross Cutting Agra
The Taj Mahal: A resource curse in the ‘heart’ of India? Mention or lack of mention of just one word makes a difference. Thank you for appreciating the film review …
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Coral Reefs
The 14th of November, also known as Bal Divas, is the birthday of Chacha Nehru–our first Prime Minister and to put it in the current context–Rahul Gandhi’s great grand father. Continuity, …
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Water Sector Impacts of Climate Change: Part II
To recap, water available per person has been decreasing since 1950 and it will be 70% of what we have by 2025 if no action is taken today. Although water …
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The 5th CMS Vatavaran Environment Film Festival
CMS VATAVARAN is India’s premier biennial competitive and traveling Environment and Wildlife Film Festival. It was initiated in 2002 towards raising awareness about environmental issues. The CMS Environment Forum and …
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Prithvi Ratna: National Essay Writing Competition by WWF India
MoEF and WWF-India have organised an Essay Writing Competition giving all young people a chance to be a part of the UNFCCC this year.
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