Publications
Seismic Hazard Microzonation and Site Suitability Evaluation in parts of Uri Block Baramulla District, J & K, India
Earthquakes have always created curiosity in human minds since ancient times, however the scientific methods to predict earthquakes are still a nascent science despite the rapid strides it has been making. The development of this science during the last few decades is...
Model Relocation Plan For Protected Areas
The faith reposed by the NTCA and years of our interaction with communities lead Environics to bid for the unenviable task of evolving a model relocation plan for communities in Protected Areas and particularly the Tiger Reserves. The responsibility it entails is...
Minor Minerals Concession Rules of Select States with Case Studies on Workers and Communities Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC), a constituent member of the mines,minerals and PEOPLE (mm&P) organised a Consultative Meet in New Delhi on 20th March’07 to discuss the issues relating to the Small Scale and Artisanal Mining and Quarrying Activities....
Water in Towns : Communitize or Commodify?
Water is not about water. Water is about building people’s institutions and their power to take control over decisions. When we began this effort at Dehradun on a Rapid Action Analysis of the existing water supply systems in this ancient valley town that we chose...
Situation Analysis and Claim Status – World Bank Funded East Parej Coal Project
India has a very large base of coal mining and associated thermal power generation projects and is on the verge of massive expansion1 . In the past, the World Bank has supported coal mining and power generation and accompanying environmental and rehabilitation...
Community Based Comprehensive Planning for A Capital Township, Uttaranchal
On the 8th of November 2000, Uttaranchal became a full-fledged state of India with the formal induction of a separate State Government. Uttaranchal comprises 13 districts that were carved out of the hilly terrains of Uttar Pradesh. They are Pithoragarh, Almora,...
State of Environment Report of Uttarakhand
The State of Uttaranchal has embarked on a process of preparing its first ever assessment to prepare a State of Environment Report. Under the ongoing national programme, the State Government recognized that this national process has a huge scope for generating...
Project Report on Beyond Headlines
Beyond Headlines A Photo Exhibition on Uranium mining Jadugoda today, Domiasiat tomorrow? Was organised by Coalition For Environment and Development, Academy of Mountain environics and READS in Mumbai, India. The exhibition was supported by Global Greengrant Funds, mm...
People’s Forestry Management: From Policy Perspectives to Conflict Resolution
INDIA is a country of vast dimensions and presents a rare diversity of situations - people, flora, and fauna. Indian settlements, their psychocutural and biophysical conditions bear a strong imprint of their history. The historical past has a direct bearing on the...
Mountain Tourism for Local Community Development A Report on Case Studies in Kinnaur District H.P. and The Badrinath Tourist Zone – Series No. MEI 95/10
The present discussion paper is one of the series of papers related to Mountain Tourism that have resulted from NORAD funded project entitled “Mountain Tourism for Local Community Development”. Mountain Tourism for Local Community Development A Report on Case Studies...