a) Compilation based on reports of Regional Centers of Ministry of Environment & Forests
b) ‘Environmental Management Plan of Pagladiya Dam Project’
c) Material related to Tehri Dam: Letter from H.D. Deve Gowda to Sunderlal Bahuguna regarding his fast against Tehri Dam. Draft of a note on Tehri Dam - An Unsafe and Non-Viable Project by N.D. Jayal
d) ‘A Project Proposal for Funding Under Renewable Energy Resources Development Scheme: Micro Hydro Power Generation in 500 W to 5000 W Range in the Western Ghat region of South India’
e) Malana Hydro Electric Project: Environment Clearance Plan and Diversion of Forest Land & Catchment Area Treatment Plan
f) Documents related to Maheshwar Hydroelectric Project
g) Press release by Miloon Kothari regarding letter to the Prime Minister on the Sardar Sarovar Project
h) Documents related to Polavaram project. ‘Why are we opposing the Polavaram Project’ (A note by Adivasi Struggle Committee against Polavaram project); a brief note on Polavaram project and gist of presentation made before the committee of experts submitted by R. Vidyasagar Rao
i) ‘Guidelines of Environmental Impact Assessment of River Valley and Hydro-electric Projects’
j) E-mail from Gail Omvedt to Arundhati Roy titled ‘An Open Letter to Arundhati Roy’
Ministry of Environment & Forests; Pagladiya Dam Project; Tehri Dam; Micro Hydro Power Generation; Western Ghat; Malana Hydro Electric Project; Maheshwar Hydroelectric Project; Sardar Sarovar Project; Polavaram project
a) Material on Pesticides published by PAN (Pesticide Action Network) International. Includes writings on pesticides and their impact by Mary H. O’ Brien, David Weir, Martin Abraham, Lawrie Mott & Toby Stewart, an information packet titled Dirty Dozen, a few posters on the harmful impact of pesticides, etc.
b) PVC by Beverly Thorpe
c) Material and writings on Asbestos, corporate influence on Threshold Limit Values and the export of hazards to developing countries: The file contains writings and research papers by Barry Castleman, Grace E. Ziem, J. K. Law, Albert J. Fritz and others titled ‘Threshold limit values: Historical Perspective and Current Practice’, ‘The Migration of Industrial Hazards’, ‘Industrial Hazards Exported to India’, ‘Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure’, etc. It includes press clippings on asbestos industry and a paper titled ‘Asbestos: Myth and Reality’ by Harsh Jaitli among other material on the harmful effects of Asbestos. Also, includes a cover letter from Barry Castleman to Praful Bidwai
d) Papers related to Joint Action Committee Against Hazards in Shipbuilding. The file contains a program proposal for a seminar, a draft resolution of the committee and a presentation to the committee by Judit Kanthak of Greenpeace
a) ‘The Uses of Masonry in Earthquake Zones: A Perspective on Traditional and Contemporary Construction Practices Utilizing Unreinforced Masonry’ - text of talk delivered at Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1986 Technology Conference, Washington D.C. by Randolph Langenbach
b) Press clippings on water safety, water scarcity, safe water summit and water policy
c) Papers relating to Heavy Water Plant, Baroda
d) Articles titled ‘Water: its economics & politics’ by H.M. Desrada, ‘Top 10 reasons to oppose Water Privatization’ & an article in Marathi
e) ‘Decentralize Water Management or Perish’ - Dialogue with Political Parties on Forest Lands and Water Policies
f) Hazardous Waste Management in India - A Policy Discussion Forum Base Paper by TERI. Includes sections of the Report of High-Powered Committee on Management of Hazardous Wastes
g) ‘Earthquakes: Reconfiguring Lives and Landscapes’ by Ravi Chopra
Masonry; earthquake zones; water safety; water scarcity; safe water summit; water policy; Heavy Water Plant, Baroda; Water Privatization; waste management; TERI
a) The Wrath of Nature: The Impact of Environmental Destruction on Floods and Droughts - a presentation by Centre for Science and Environment to Members of Parliament of India with the support of Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife
b) Includes Update 1 on Global Warming in an Unequal World published by Centre for Science and Environment, an article by Omar Sattaur titled ‘Last chance for the rainforest plan?’, an open letter to the Director General of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) i.e. Edouard Saouma, an article titled ‘Making Common Cause: Seeing the Forest for the Trees’ by James D. Wolfensohn & Kathyrn S. Fuller and Sujit Dhar’s article on the pollution of the Ganga titled ‘Dead Man’s River’
c) India’s submission on the informal note by Jan Pronk - note drafted by Vijai Sharma (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests)
d) News report regarding news coverage of the 2002 Tsunami, a document on temporary shelter, document on tackling an M6 earthquake and a Hindi booklet on building an earthquake proof house
Environmental Destruction; Floods; Droughts; Global Warming; Ganga; 2002 Tsunami; M6 earthquake; earthquake proof house
a) Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Final Act
b) Deforestation: Problems and Prospects - Text of Foundation Day Lecture by Madhav Gadgil
c) ‘The Role of Law, Legal Action and the Judiciary’: Text of Shyam Divan’s talk at a symposium of Environmental Law held in Chennai. Includes a cover letter from Shyam Divan to Praful Bidwai
d) Book review of Bruce Rich’s Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
e) Draft document on consequences of leak of sulphuric acid at West Delhi plant of Shriram Foods
f) A Map of the Biographic sub-divisions of Western Ghats and a note on the ecology and importance of Western Ghats
g) ‘Coal Sector Environmental and Social Mitigation Project’
Ozone Layer; deforestation; sulphuric acid; Shriram Foods; Western Ghats
