A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
NDJ Subject Files No.36
I. Subject Files, 1976-2016
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iv) Groups, Forums & Organisations, 1988-2007
1991
Correspondence of N.D. Jayal with Co-editor & Editorial Assistant of The Ecologist, Katherine James and others regarding circular letter on preparing an ‘alternative’ statement about the environment and development, open letter to the Director General of the FAO, discontinuation of subscription of the Ecologist sponsored by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Edward Goldsmith’s obituary, etc. Includes letters from Manager-Circulation of Down To Earth regarding its subscription and an article titled ‘The Greening of the Self’ by Joanna Macy published in the Common Boundary magazine.
Katherin James; Director General of FAO; Ecologist; Edward Goldsmith; Down to Earth
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iv) Groups, Forums & Organisations, 1988-2007
Sep-93
The file contains invitation to N.D. Jayal to participate at international conference on ‘Human Livelihoods in Drylands - Constraints and Possibilities’ in Sigtuna, Sweden (23-25 November, 1993) and workshop on ‘Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management’ in Nairobi (14 – 18 December, 1993) organised by UNEP. Includes related correspondence, programme schedule, report of the workshop published in Proceedings- A Reporting and Information Dissemination Service (Vol. 1 No. 4, 18 December 1993, by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)), a paper titled ‘Hunter- Gatherer Trade in Wild Forest Products in the Early Centuries A.D. with the Port of Broach, India’ by Daniel Stiles (published in Asian Perspectives, Vol. 32, No. 2, Fall 1993 by University of Hawaii’s Press), etc.
UNEP; Nairobi; Hunter-Gatherer Trade; Daniel Stiles
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iv) Groups, Forums & Organisations, 1988-2007
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Papers presented at the Conference on ‘Human Livelihoods in Drylands - Constraints and Possibilities’. Includes papers titled: ‘Case studies on soil and water conservation, and water harvesting in India’ & ‘Soil fertility and soil and water management’ (by R.K. Sivanappan); ‘Dryland Crop Production: Constraints and Opportunities’ (by Karl Harmsen & N. Vidyalakshmi); ‘Assuring sustainable livelihoods in the drylands’ (by Bara Gueye & Camilla Toulmin); ‘Secure dryland environments: Institutional and political conditions for human livelihoods’ (by Andres Hjort, Gufu Oba & Nils Christian Stenseth); ‘Semi- intensive sustainable livestock production systems in African drylands’ (by S.M. Das); ‘Animal production in the tropical rangelands: constraints & possibilities’ (T.J. Njoka); ‘Coping with water scarcity: A macrosale overview’ (by Malin Falkenmark); ‘Energy Management for Dryland Protection’ (by Stephen Karekezi); ‘The Quality of Plant Foods’ (by Hartmut Vigtmann); and ‘Forestry Principles - What Should the Indian Response Be?’ (by Madhav Gadgil). Also, includes statement by Ambassador Bo Kjellen, papers on sustainable agriculture in drylands, list of participants, conference programme and a handwritten message to Nirmala Mitra from N.D. Jayal.
Soil and Water Conservation; Dryland Crop Production; Dryland Protection; Bo Kjellen
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iv) Groups, Forums & Organisations, 1988-2007
1993
Letters exchanged between N.D. Jayal and Sailesh Krishna (Director, Non-Conventional Energy Development Agency, NEDA, U.P.) and M.P. Sharma (Specialist & Divisional Head, Solar Energy Division) regarding subsidy for supply of solar lanterns in the hilly areas of U.P.
Sailesh Krishna; NEDA; M.P. Sharma; Solar Energy Division; hilly areas of U.P.
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (iv) Groups, Forums & Organisations, 1988-2007
1993
The file comprises invitations from the Asahi Glass Foundation and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center for Human Rights & Waseda University to N.D. Jayal. Includes related correspondence, request for participation in the ‘Questionnaire on Environmental Problems and the Survival of the Humankind’ and panel on ‘Human Rights Thought in Contemporary World’ at international symposium on ‘Understanding Human Rights in the Context of Japan’s Growing Internationalism’. Also, includes program schedule of the conference, synopsis and full-length paper titled ‘Ecology and Human Rights’ presented by N.D. Jayal and a questionnaire.
Asahi Glass Foundation; Robert F. Kennedy Centre; Japan's Internationalism; Ecology and Human Rights
