This directory, of influential experts from across the world who are involved in scientific and policy-related issues of ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, is divided into two sections - India and International. The first section contains information on environmental health specialists from India, whose names are listed in alphabetical order of the Indian States and Union territories in which their organisations belong. Similar information on international experts, indexed countrywise, is given in the second section. A consolidated alphabetical index of individuals and organisations is given at the end of the directory to help locate them., we have provided information with related to designation, organisational and residential addresses, telephone and fax numbers, electronic mail address and relevant professional achievements have been given for each individual Learn More

Monthly update on environment and development from across South Asia. It helps in understanding each country's specific issues, and provides a perspective on the underlying similarities and diversities across the region. Learn More

Monthly update on environment and development from across South Asia. It helps in understanding each country's specific issues, and provides a perspective on the underlying similarities and diversities across the region. Learn More

Monthly update on environment and development from across South Asia. It helps in understanding each country's specific issues, and provides a perspective on the underlying similarities and diversities across the region. Learn More

Climate change and its impact on the availability of water is the subject of Tell Tale Signs in Orissa in India and Mozambique in Africa.The film puts forth a strong case for communities and official agencies to work together to adapt to changing climate.

Duration: 26 Minutes
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Watch the diverse social and cultural practices which enabled large populations to survive in the harsh Indian desert environment. The villages of Thar, in Rajasthan, have amazing systems of water harvesting. Similarly, the desert farmer has devised an ingenious system to grow and maintain sources of fodder.

Language: English / Hindi
Duration: 52 Minutes
Formats available : DVD / VCD
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Every day the people on this planet produce 5 billion tonnes of rubbish, and the majority of it goes into landfill or is left to rot and fester. This Hands On Special features some of the entrepreneurs who are recycling rubbish for a profit. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, one man has set up a daily rubbish collection system for his neighbourhood, and on the beaches of Montevideo in Uruguay there's a clean-up campaign which is turning waste into a financial opportunity, by recycling discarded soft drinks cans. In Cape Town over 4000 shipping containers, used to carry cargo, have found a new lease of life, after conversion into small shops, community centres and even schoolrooms. A Finnish entrepreneur has created a new material from waste products which can help keep top soil in place and so prevent erosion. Finally in Beijing, some of the 120,000 tonnes of plastic waste produced every year is being recycled to produce gasoline and diesel fuel.

Duration: 26 Minutes
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Almost three-quarters of Indonesia’s timber trade is reported to be illegal, but the problem is not confined to South-East Asia. It is estimated that 80 per cent of the tropical hardwood in the worldwide trade comes from illegal sources in Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia, South America and Africa.

Duration: 26 Minutes
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Monthly update on environment and development from across South Asia. It helps in understanding each country's specific issues, and provides a perspective on the underlying similarities and diversities across the region.


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