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Rich Lands, Poor People: Is 'Sustainable' Mining Possible?
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Outlines the immense challenges facing the mining sector in India: how to ensure ecological security together with inclusive development. Includes detailed maps, data tables and in-depth case studies of mineral-rich states

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anil agarwal reader  Anil Agarwal Reader series
The Anil Agarwal Reader series puts together the weekly essays/opinion pieces that eminent environmentalist and journalist Anil Agarwal wrote between 1991 and 2001. The essays are a riveting commentary on the environment-development problem. Witty and reflective, the pieces embody one man's committed engagement with his times. (3 volumes)

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leapfrog factor SEWAGE CANAL: HOW TO CLEAN THE YAMUNA
Analyses the strategies adopted to clean up the Yamuna, one of India's holiest and dirtiest rivers. Rivers in India can be cleaned up if we rethink and re-engineer water and sewage management programmes. PB: Rs. 350 (US $14)
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LEAPFROG FACTOR
Ten years of action, learning and impacts. Presents the complex Asian challenge. The continent dodders as the automobile industry hardsells cars as the key to a lifestyle of wealth and freedom. Asia can survive only if it reinvents the idea of mobility. Builds cities based on public transport. Leapfrogs vehicle technology and fuel quality to cut exposure to killer fumes. Finds its own unique way out of the haze.

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The Rain Catchers
a practical guide to solve your water problems

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Faecal AttractionFaecal Attraction
CSE latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and poor man's water. And it is funny.

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Spirit of water
A selection of 28 films on water management techniques from across the world.

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CHANGING CURRENTS
Six half-hour documentaries on global freshwater issues.

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THE VILLAGE REPUBLIC
The 'Village Republics' of Sukhomajri, Ralegaon Siddhi, Penchgani Hills have changed their economic fate by taking control of their environment.
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  BODY BURDEN
Down To Earth's work on health have been brought together as a comprehensive book "Body Burden", which talks about eight key issues that affect the developing world - infectious diseases, air pollution, water pollution, toxins, lifestyle diseases, regulations and a special report on the industrial disaster in Bhopal.
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  Fifth Citizens’ Report (SOE-5)
A comprehensive two-volume dossier on environmental issues, events, policies, practices and challenges in India, along with statistics on environment-related facts 448p.
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  SECOND CITIZENS' REPORT (SOE-2)
This report describes major environmental changes in India. It's a balance sheet of India's resources and focuses attention on the effect of ecological degradation on the poor 393p.
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  GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE SERIES
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A first-ever comprehensive Southern perspective of the impact of Global Environmental Governance on the real lives of real people. This book provides a close analysis of important environment –related conventions and institutions from their origins, and demystifies the politics of ‘saving the global environment’ – especially the politics between rich and poor nations 409p.
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Starting where “Green Politics’, the first report in the Global Environmental Governance series ended, this book has chapters on five additional conventions and institutions 441p.
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  CHALLENGE IN THE BALANCE
This book explores the strong bonds between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Based on the proceedings of a CSE national seminar economics and environment 388p.
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  GLOBAL WARMING IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD
A critique of the assumptions made in the WRI / UNEP / UNDP report on global warming and its attempts to link the results of its report with global climate convention negotiations. Global Warming in an Unequal World, for the first time, brings into question the vital issue of equity and contends that it is not right to equate the luxury emissions of the First World with the survival emissions of the Third World. It also proposes the introduction of global treadable emission quotas to control future emissions 34p.
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  ENVIRONMENTAL RATING OF THE INDIAN CAUSTIC-CHLORINE SECTOR
Presenting the findings of the most comprehensive research study ever published on the environmental and economic aspects of the Indian Caustic-Chlorine industry. This exhaustive lifecycle analysis and data-intensive research report examines 25 large-scale chlor-alkali companies of India 334p.
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This book covers in detail the sectoral performance of the Indian automobile sector including the technological, environmental issues and the performance of the Indian companies, and findings and recommendations of the Green Rating Project 238p.
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