Tag: natural resources
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Why it is so difficult to tackle climate change
Life begins with a single cell, and is a journey from life to death to renewal. Not dust to dust, but soil that nurtures life to soil. Destroy that diversity, and we destroy ourselves as part of that diversity
February 11, 2023 -
Natural resources governance: A flawed process to adequate policies
These commitments are underpinned by national regulations to ensure assessment of impacts on the environment and people’s livelihoods.
August 18, 2022 -
Nature conservation, through homely ways
Being near natural water bodies like a river or waterfall is delightful but even the tabletop fountain would bring us a similar level of peace.
July 28, 2022 -
B before A
If we divide jobs into technical and generalist jobs, engineers, doctors, educationists, agriculturists and scientists would fall in the first category while managers and administrators would come under the second.
May 18, 2022 -
Cost of Nature
Theories, however, cannot explain why some countries succeed while others fail in transforming natural resources to higher productivity and growth; the answer probably lies in the institutional environment of a country. If institutions promote transparency and incentivise productive and entrepreneurial activities and protect property and other rights of individuals, natural resources are likely to impact the economic outcomes positively.
April 22, 2021 -
Experts to help communities in proper collection of herbs in HP
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the government would take the help of experts to support local communities involved in collection of herbs for proper management of natural resources. He informed about the decision after launching Rs 800 crore ‘Improvement of Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystems Management and Livelihoods’ Project which is funded by Japan International...
July 25, 2018 -
Himachal CM seeks Centre’s help to save natural resources
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday sought Union government’s approval for two schemes of the Himachal Pradesh government that are aimed at conserving natural resources from climatic changes. He raised these demands during a meeting withUnion Environment, Forests and Climate Change minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on Sunday. Thakur said the National...
April 23, 2018 -
Strive for sufficiency, not abundance
Many modern societies are experiencing a surfeit of material possessions. People have ever-increasing material possessions, ever more choices and amounts of food, ever more world travel, and instant world-wide communications. Indeed, they have everexpanding horizons on all sides. They are, by any account, more materially wealthy than at any other time in history. However, this...
October 9, 2017 -
School Eco Clubs to help in managing natural resources in HP
School students and teachers of around 300 Eco Clubs of schools across Himachal Pradesh would be trained by State Council for Science Technology and Environment (SCSTE) to manage natural resources in better way. The SCSTE in technical collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi under the Green School Programme is starting such...
June 22, 2017 -
Coal convictions~II
Regretfully, successive governments and courts, for long attuned to believing there was no replacement for government rules, paid heed to the scandalizing of nearly all public policy decisions on natural and public resources, without much visible and final gain on the legal enforcement of accountability, several years later. Needless to add, opacity surrounding appointment of...
May 28, 2017