Sustainable Development – Page 97

A smart resilient city needs to manage it’s water well. Policies which foster livelihood creation , provide employment and are ecologically beneficial is the way ahead in the era of climate change. S Vishwanath captures the well diggers of Bangalore in action Muniraju is a young well digger f

Business , Corruption , Featured , Gender , Human Rights / 12/27/2016

Alleged Scheme To Fix Generic Drug Prices in US Started At Dinners And ‘Girls Nights Out’

Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia and Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio The high prices Americans pay for generic drugs may have been cooked up by pharmaceutical salespeople on golf courses, at a New Jersey steakhouse or over martinis at a “Girls Nights Out” in Minnesota. Details emerging from an

Environment , Forests , Human Rights / 12/23/2016

Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered

The last female speaker of the Resígaro language has been murdered in Peru. Her body was found decapitated at her home in the Amazon rainforest. Rosa Andrade, 67, lived with the Ocaina tribe. Her father was Ocaina and her mother Resígaro. The Ocaina and Resígaro tribes were victims of the rubber

Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/22/2016

Farakka Refugees: Walking along Ganga from Gangasagar to Gaumukh

Siddharth Agarwal The article presents a personal narrative of the rivers and their people, focused on the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, India aimed at developing a meaningful conversation and inclusive action by government, NGOs and citizen action groups. The monsoons had begun their annual ri

Data & Reports , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/16/2016

Indian Meteorological Department estimates rainwater harvesting potential of Maharashtra

Amruta Pradhan A study highlights that “rain is prime source of water” and suggests rainwater harvesting through rooftops as one of the crucial options. India Meteorological Department of Pune (IMD) functioning under Ministry of Earth Sciences has recently (Nov 2016) published a study titled “

Business , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Forests / 12/13/2016

Environmental crime threatening peace and security: INTERPOL & UNEP

The vast majority of deforestation and illegal logging takes place in the tropical forests of the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia. The extent of illegal logging estimate accounts for 50–90 per cent of the volume of forestry in key producer tropical countries and 15–30 per cent of globa

Aid , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 12/12/2016

Embedding Sustainability Everywhere – All Five Slices Now

Jindra Cekan As domestic concerns grow larger in two huge economies, US and UK, the question of the place foreign aid will play abound in conversations around the world It has been a tumultuous year, and next year does not look like we will have much stability as a respite. As domestic concerns grow

Business , Food , Sustainable Development / 12/12/2016

How “open source” seed producers from the U.S. to India are changing global food production

Rachel Cernansky The Open Source Seed Initiative, inspired by “the free and open source software movement that has provided alternatives to proprietary software,” was created to ensure that some plant varieties and genes will remain free from intellectual property rights and available for plant

Opinions , Sustainable Development / 12/11/2016

Fault lines in the Great Indian Poverty debate

Gaurav Bhattacharya There has been a long standing debate known as the “Great Indian Poverty” that argues the current methods and estimations used for defining poverty lines in India. This article critics the policy and measures. At present the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSSO) in Indi

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Sustainable Development / 12/08/2016

Renewables remain marginal to Bangladesh’s energy plans

Pinaki Roy Bangladesh’s economy has been growing steadily at over 6%, making it one of the steady high performers among large countries. This growth is intimately tied to energy supply, but in a country of 161 million, only about 65% have access to electricity, which is itself a significant improv

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