A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
NDJ Subject Files No.21
I. Subject Files, 1976-2016
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1992
Papers related to forest exploitation ban in Uttaranchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Includes related correspondence among N.D. Jayal, Sunderlal Bahuguna, B.K. Goswami (Adviser to Governor of U.P.) and others. Also, includes copy of a note titled ‘Ban on felling of trees in force’ (Lucknow August 18, 1993); facsimile copy of a letter from Lov Verma (Principal Secretary to the Governor of U.P.) to the Editor of the Indian Express regarding a news item titled ‘Garhwal hills being bared of green grab’, etc.
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
1993
Papers related to Delhi Ridge. Includes correspondence among Iqbal Malik (Director, Srishti), Rakesh Mehta (Development Commissioner, Delhi) N.D. Jayal and Chhatrapati Singh (Director, CEL, WWF-India) regarding transfer of the Delhi Ridge to the D.D.A, constitution of a committee to suggest a management pattern for the Ridge and nomination of N.D. Jayal as a committee member and a note on the measures taken in the Southern Ridge. Also, includes background note on ‘Matters pertaining to the protection and management of the Delhi Ridge Area’; booklet The Delhi Ridge Forest: Decline and Conservation (published by Kalpavriksh); discussion paper ‘The Delhi Ridge: Issues and Perspectives’ (prepared by Ravi Agarwal & Vivek Menon for Srishti); ‘Action Plan for the Delhi Ridge: An Outline’; brochure presenting glimpses of the Ridge converted into indigenous forest (Landscape Unit, DDA, January 1993); ‘Master Plan Delhi 2001’ (DDA), The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 & The Indian Forest Act, 1927; letters of Ashok Kumar (Consultant on Wildlife, Ministry of Environment & Forests), Charti Lal Goel, P.K. Dave & Lovraj Kumar; report of the committee to recommend management pattern for the Ridge; & related press clippings
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
Undated
Writings on forestry and afforestation. Includes draft of articles titled ‘Eucalyptus and Unscientific Forestry’, ‘Afforestation in India: Problems and Strategies’, ‘Social Forestry and Afforestation - A Reappraisal’. Includes an article titled ‘Soil: The vital resource dissipating’ reprinted from INTACH newsletter and a note titled ‘Implementation Committee for Commemoration of J.N. Centenary’.
Eucalyptus; Unscientific forestry; Afforestation; Social Forestry; J.N. Centenary
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iii) Water Harvesting and Watershed Management, 1983-1997
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Document of The World Bank- Staff Appraisal Report, India ‘Himalayan Watershed Management Project, Uttar Pradesh’ General Agriculture Division, South Asia Projects Department. Report No. 4317-IN.
World Bank; Staff Appraisal report; Waterhsed Management; Agriculture Division
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iii) Water Harvesting and Watershed Management, 1983-1997
28-Jul-88
Papers relating to meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Project on ‘Water Resources Management: Law and Policy’. Includes a covering letter from Upendra Baxi (Indian Law Institute, New Delhi) to N.D. Jayal, agenda, and list of topics.
Advisory Committee; Water Resources Management; Upendra Baxi
