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PB Subject-wise Research Material_I (11)
I. Subject-wise Research Material, 1930-2017
I. Environment, 1978-2013
July 1985
a) Information on Important Tree Species b) The Tehri Dam: A Prescription for Disaster c) Cry, The Beloved Narmada by Baba Amte. Includes a cover letter from Baba Amte d) Global Warming in an Unequal World: A case of environmental colonialism by Anil Agarwal & Sunita Narain e) Environmental Taxes and Incentives: Fiscal Policies for Environmental Discipline - A Review of Trends in Europe and North America by Johannes B. Opschoor f) The Imperative of Equity: The Missing Dimension of UNCED g) Why Save Bhitara Kanika? - A Paradise of Nature under the threat of destruction by Banka Behary Das h) Vijyechya Bharakhali Dabndar Jantach i) Free the Narmada: Stop the Dams; Rally for the Valley
Tree Species; Tehri Dam; Narmada; Global Warming; UNCED; Bhitara Kanika
English & Marathi
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PB Subject-wise Research Material_I (12)
I. Subject-wise Research Material, 1930-2017
I. Environment, 1978-2013
1990
a) Managing India’s Water Resources by B.B. Vohra b) ‘Earthquake-Resistant Traditional Architecture in Uttarkashi’ by Ravi Chopra, Kanwarjit Chawla, Rajesh Kumar, & T.P. Singh c) Corporate Hijack of Water: How World Bank, IMF and GATS-WTO rules are forcing water privatization by Vandana Shiva, Radha Holla Bhar, Afsar H. Jafri, & Kunwar Jalees d) Paani ka Bahurashtriya kampaniyon dwara bajarikaran by Vandana Shiva, Radha Holla Bhar, Afsar Hussain Jafri, & Kunwar Jalees e) Sujalam: Living Waters - The Impact of the River Linking Project by Vandana Shiva & Kunwar Jalees f) People’s March for Water: From Tehri to Plachimada through PWWF (Delhi) & WSF (Mumbai) g) Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery by Ayse Yonder, Sengul Akcar, & Prema Gopalan
Water resources; Earthquake-Resistant Traditional Architecture; Uttarkashi; water privatization; Tehri; Plachimada; PWWF; WSF
English & Hindi
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PB Subject-wise Research Material_I (13)
I. Subject-wise Research Material, 1930-2017
I. Environment, 1978-2013
December 1994
a) Toxic Waste Trade - A Primer b) Screening Foreign Investments: An Environmental Guide for Policy Makers and NGOs c) Body of evidence: the effects of chlorine on human health d) Homicide by Pesticides: What pollution does to our bodies e) Auroville: Healing the Earth f) Looking Back to Think Ahead - Green India 2047 g) Where the Tress are a Desert: stories from the ground h) Niyamgiri: Waiting for Justice by Prafulla Samantara i) The Himalaya and Our Future by Shekhar Pathak j) The Global Water Grab: A Primer by Sylvia Kay & Jenny Franco
Chlorine; human health; pesticide; pollution; Auroville; Green India 2047; Niyamgiri; Himalaya
English
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PB Subject-wise Research Material_I (14)
I. Subject-wise Research Material, 1930-2017
I. Environment, 1978-2013
Undated
a) Threatened Birds of India by Bikram Grewal b) Keoladeo National Park: Bharatpur, Rajasthan c) Delhi main paani ki badhti daron ka sambhavit prabhav d) Delhi’s Water: In the grip of Multinationals by Kripa Shankar. A copy in Hindi e) Wealth from Water: Lessons in Unsustainability from the Global Experience of Privatised Water by Piyush Pant, Satyadeep, & Pramod Jha. A copy in Hindi f) Poonji ke nishane pe paani
Threatened birds; Keoladeo National Park; Delhi; privatised water
English & Hindi
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PB Subject-wise Research Material_I (15)
I. Subject-wise Research Material, 1930-2017
I. Environment, 1978-2013
December 1984
a) Management of Hazardous Substances b) Guidelines for Management and Handling of Hazardous Wastes c) Playing With Fire: Hazardous Waste Incineration by Pat Costner & Joe Thornton d) Chlorine, Human Health and the Environment: The Breast Cancer Warning by Joe Thornton e) Lead, astray: The Poisonous Lead Battery Waste Trade by Madeleine Cobbing f) Achieving Zero Dioxin: An Emergency Strategy for Dioxin Elimination g) The Stranger: The Chlorine Industry in India by Bob Edwards & David Santillo h) Trojan Horses: Persistent Organic Pollutants in India i) Mercury in India: Toxic Pathways by Kishore Kumar Wankhade
Hazardous Substances; Incineration; Chlorine; Human Health; Environment; Breast Cancer; Lead Battery Waste; Dioxin elimination; Organic Pollutants; Mercury
English
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