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ID: 61957
Title: Economic Instruments for Managing ' Ecologically Sensitive Areas ' with Special Reference to Costal and Marine Ecosystems.
Author: Prakash Nelliyat
Editor: Dr.R.Ramesh
Year: 2015
Publisher: ENVIS
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Coast Track Vol 13 (3&4) 5-11 (2015)
Subject: Ecologically Sensitive Coastal Areas
Keywords: Economic, Instruments, Managing, Ecologically, Sensitive, Areas, Coastal and Marine Ecosystems.
Abstract: Environmental degradation resulting from various anthropogenic activities such as production or consumption of goods and services causes externalities. However, these are not routinely accounted for in a competitive market. Different management strategies, including the command and control policies have been introduced and their effects are at different levels. However, experience from different countries reveals that ?Economic Instruments? can also be successfully used for environmental management. Economic Instruments are oriented towards improving the economically efficient allocation of resources by modifying the behaviour of economic agents by providing incentives for them to internalize the externalities they may be producing (Robinson, 2002). Economic instruments are designed to affect production decisions, either through pricing mechanisms or by changing the economic attractiveness of specific actions. This paper attempts to highlights the significance of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, various challenges facing the ecologically sensitive areas and the possible Economic Instruments for their sustainable management.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Coase, R.H., (1960) ?The Problem of Social Cost?, The Journal of Law and Economics, III: 1-44.
Literature cited 2: Gadgil Madhav and Ligia Noronha (2012), ?To know, is to protect,? Opinion, The Hindu, June 13, 2012.

ID: 61956
Title: Heritage in Peril
Author: Sharada Balasubramanian
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (8) 22-28 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Heritage, Peril
Abstract: It is known that climate change factors such as melting glaciers, sea temperature changes are environmental threats. These very factors are affecting many heritage sites across the globe. To protect these heritage sites from the climate change damage, at the 39th session of World Heritage Committee held at Bonn, Germany in June, 2015, experts from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) came up with new recommendations on conservation guidance for sites. As the World Heritage Committee has rightly recognized, climate change has already affected and will continue to affect both natural and cultural World Heritage properties in the years to come.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61955
Title: Two Degree Celsius from Disaster
Author: Arjun Wadhwa
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (8) 12-17 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Two, Degree, Celsius, Disaster
Abstract: It all began in 1988 when the world decided it was time to start taking the environment seriously. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) felt the need for a scientific body that could explain what was really happening in the world and provide a direction for action needed to combat natural disasters that were taking place with increased regularity due to changing weather conditions. Together the WMO and UNEP partnered to establish an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called the IPCC.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61954
Title: High-Arctic Butterflies Shrink with Rising Temperatures
Author: - (Environmental Research)
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (8) 10-11 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: High-Arctic Butterflies, Shrink, Rising Temperatures
Abstract: It has often demonstrated that the ongoing rapid climate change in the Arctic ecosystems. Now Danish researchers demonstrate that a warmer Greenland could be bad for its butterflies which are becoming smaller under warmer summers. Researchers from Aarhus university measured the wing length of nearly 4,500 individuals collected annually between 1996and 2013 from Zackenberg Research Station in Northeast Greenland and found that the wing length had decreased significantly in response to warmer summers at the same rate for both species investigated.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61953
Title: The Quest for Energy Security
Author: Madhura Joshi
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (8) 8-9 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Quest, Energy, Security
Abstract: What exactly does energy security mean? Does it mean security of supply of energy resources or self-reliance, or economic sustainability of supply, or environmental sustainability of supply? A little of all the above would be the answer. In the traditional sense of the word, energy security would mean protection from supply shocks. However, there are various definitions of energy security which can be used. Luft, Korin and Gupta in The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security (2011) argue that a country ' s level of development, its geographical location, natural endowments, international relations, and its political system would determine how energy security is looked at and what implications it has for the country. Essentially, for different countries, energy security would have different implications.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61952
Title: United Nations Climate Change Conferences (An Overview)
Author: Viraj Desai
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (1) 42-45 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: United Nations, Climate Change, Conferences
Abstract: Various countries across the World have already witnessed severe impacts of climate change ranging from severe floods, drought, extinction of species, vast changes in weather over the last few decades, amongst other irreversible damages to nature. Climate change has been the burning issue on the agenda of world leaders for the last few decades. It all began with the Rio de Janerio summit of 1992 which saw the heads of over 100 countries come together and raise, for the first time, a concern on the growing impacts of climate change and bringing words such as ' sustainability ' and ' environment in the lexicon of both the developed as well as fast developing countries along with ' growth ' .
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61951
Title: Sanitation in India
Author: Dr. Mohammad Isa Ansari
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (1) 22-28 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Sanitation, India
Abstract: Every year some 3.4 million people, mostly children, die from diseases associated with inadequate sanitation and hygiene. Over half of the hospital beds in the world are filled with people suffering from sanitation related diseases. The World Bank has estimated that a dollar spent on sanitation saves nine dollars in health, education, and economic development. In India, around 600 million people, approximately half the country ' s population, are estimated to still defecate in the open. They rely on toilets with individual septic tanks, pit latrines of various kinds, or turn to the outdoors. In some parts, the cleaning of human faeces is still done by the so called ' untouchable ' community. In addition, public places in the country are very dirty an even government authorities, such as municipal bodies, are not always serious about cleaning them. People throw garbage everywhere, and habits like littering and spitting in the streets are not only hideous but can have serious health consequences too.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61950
Title: Urban Lake Restoration
Author: G K Bhat and Karan Shah
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (1) 12-17 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Urban, Lake, Restoration
Abstract: Urban centres of India are the growth engines of the country, contributing to about 60 per cent of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation. Urban population in 2011 was 31.16 percent, i.e., 377 million people and is expected to reach about 50 percent in 2030, i.e., around 600 million. Augmentation of infrastructure and services has not kept pace with urban population growth. The gap between demand and supply of urban services has resulted in significant proportion of people without adequate provision of water, energy, and sanitation. Poor arrangements for disposal of waste water and solids have resulted in pollution of local water resources including surface water bodies and aquifers. Conserving local resources for meeting the gap is essential in such scarcity situations. Most cities engulf local water bodies as they expand, but very little effort is done to conserve them. A significant section of the population still relies on local resources like groundwater and water bodies for meeting their needs. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of high precipitation events as well as droughts. Conserving local resources is critical for managing water related scarcities as well as buffering local floods.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61949
Title: Utilizing Electricity Access for poverty Reduction
Author: TERI Analysis
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (1) 8-9 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Utilizing, Electricity, Access, Poverty, Reduction.
Abstract: The productive use of electricity can support sustained poverty reduction by enabling the creation and improvement of income-generating activities. However, in order to realize these positive impacts, the level of electricity access must be sufficient and enabling conditions beyond the electricity supply itself must be in place. The centre for Distributed Generation (TERI), Practical Action Consulting, and Institute of Development Studies of the UK have recently completed a project that aimed to understand the links between electricity access, productive uses of electricity, and poverty reduction. In particular, the study sought to explore relationships between different levels of electricity access and impacts and map out the enabling factors and constraints to the provision and productive use of electricity access.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61948
Title: Going Green (Delineating the Difficulties)
Author: Dr.Rina Mukherji
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (2) 34-36 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Going Green
Abstract: Let us take the issue of fuel consumption. Green energy is the demand of the hour, and wind and solar power are fast catching up in India. Solar power, through decentralized systems, has emerged as a viable alternative in inaccessible hilly habitations and islands-particularly in the Indian Sundarbans-where conventional power grid connectivity is tough to establish. For instance, many municipalities and municipal corporations are encouraging people to opt for solar energy by providing incentives. Rooftop solar panels are the norm in cities like Pune and are increasingly being used for heating of water and other domestic consumption purposes. But, solar panels require a big initial investment that many households may find prohibitive. There is also the question of technology being expensive. Most significantly, green energy is not subsidized to the extent needed in India.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61947
Title: Coming from a country with high level of endemism, biological wealth, and at the same time, massive pressure on natural pressure on natural resources, India, I realize that planning and management regimes are somewhat same in this part of the world, when it comes to taking the community on board to bring positive changes. Community-based assessments are necessary components of multi-scale assessments of environment in any part of the world. They capture real-life experiences of changes in ecosystems and human well-being. They also give information about existing management systems behind ecosystem services. What comes important to understand are the co-evolution of information, ecosystems, social foundations, and management practices; their complexity, roughness in space and time and nonlinearity; and the criticism for understanding the causes and effects, for maintaining environmental quality.
Author: Biba Jasmine
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (2) 30-33 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Science, Sustainable City.
Abstract: Coming from a country with high level of endemism, biological wealth, and at the same time, massive pressure on natural pressure on natural resources, India, I realize that planning and management regimes are somewhat same in this part of the world, when it comes to taking the community on board to bring positive changes. Community-based assessments are necessary components of multi-scale assessments of environment in any part of the world. They capture real-life experiences of changes in ecosystems and human well-being. They also give information about existing management systems behind ecosystem services. What comes important to understand are the co-evolution of information, ecosystems, social foundations, and management practices; their complexity, roughness in space and time and nonlinearity; and the criticism for understanding the causes and effects, for maintaining environmental quality.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61946
Title: Rejuvenating the Ganga Basin
Author: Sujit Chakraborty
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (2) 22-28 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Rejuvenating, Ganga Basin
Abstract: A later Vedic age mantra names several holy rivers of India and Ganga is one of these. Among the rivers named, Narmada is 150 million years older than Ganga. The entire Vedic civilization developed along the banks of the now dead, River Saraswati, which is why Saraswati is revered as Goddess. The Saraswati was so gigantic that in places like Hissar, its breadth at one time was six kilometers. And yet, it is the Ganga that has reigned supreme in its status as a Holy river. It is a fact that Hindus from any state desire to bathe in the Ganga at least once in his or her lifetime, which is best witnessed at the Kumbh Mela.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61945
Title: The Water Bucket Sensibility
Author: Rahul Goswami
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (2) 12-17 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Water Bucket, Sensibility
Abstract: We are talking about the water-bucket generation and those buckets were more often than not, the light metal alloy variety with a clanking handle, full of clothes to be washed and otherwise full of water to be stored. The block of 500 and 1,000-litre ' loft ' storage tanks were yet to become popular, as heavy-grade plastic was still an expensive material-those were also the days when petrolrationing was rescaled, the first generation of independent Indians were urged, if they used cars at all, to encourage car pooling so that petrol (the crude oil having been bought with scarce foreign exchange) could be saved. Households-urban and rural-threw away very little, recycled a great deal (all without the ' green ' movements of today) and repaired everything that could be repaired.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61944
Title: Sun Experiences Seasonal Changes
Author: - (Environmental Research)
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (2) 10-11 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Sun Experience, Seasonal Changes.
Abstract: This behaviour affects the peaks and valleys in the approximately 11-year solar cycle, sometimes amplifying and sometimes weakening the solar storms that can buffet the earth ' s atmosphere. The quasi-annual variations appear to be driven by changes in the bands of strong magnetic fields in each solar hemisphere. These bands also help shape the approximately 11-year solar cycle that is part of a longer cycle that lasts about 22 years.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61943
Title: Bacteria New Tool in Detecting Environmental Damage
Author: - (Breakthrough)
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2015
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 8 (3) 53-54 (2015)
Subject: Terra Green
Keywords: Bacteria, New Tool, Detecting Environmental Damage.
Abstract: The reaction most people have when they hear the word bacteria is rarely good one. While it ' s true than food-and water-borne bacteria cause untold illness and even death around the world, a team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a way to use bacteria to help prevent some of the very symptoms most people associate with them.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None