ID: 64235
Title: Respect for Wildlife need to shirk unruly tourism with ethics
Author: Subir Ghosh
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (7) 22-28 (2016)
Subject: Respect for Wildlife
Keywords: Respect for wildlife, unruly tourism, ethics
Abstract: Much has been written about the correlation between conservation and tourism in the last 20 years, or so. There are ideas, and more ideas that build on the earlier ones. But to see how things work out in practice, one might have to go no further than, say, a Facebook group that serves as a platform for those concerned about irresponsible tourism, specifically in protected areas (PAs)
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64234
Title: Prospects for India's Food Security The Indo-Gangetic Plain as a vital link
Author: Monika Kumari and Md Maroof Azam
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (7) 12-17 (2016)
Subject: Prospects for India's food security
Keywords: India's food security, India-gangetic plain
Abstract: Global population is on track to go from the current 7.4 billion to 8.5 billion by 2030, and 9.6 billion by 2050, making a larger part of the world food insecure. Food security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for active living and healthy life. Recognizing the importance and severity of food security, the United Nations has set a target to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, as the second of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64233
Title: 'Green energy from garden grass a sustainable source of hydrogen
Author: -[Environmental research]
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (7) 10-11 (2016)
Subject: 'Green energy from garden grass a sustainable source of hydrgen
Keywords: Green energy, garden grass, Hydrogen
Abstract: Garden grass could become a source of cheap and clean renewable energy, scientists have claimed.
A team of UK researchers, including experts from Cardiff University's Cardiff Catalysis Institute, have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue grass with the help of sunlight and a cheap catalyst. It is the first time that this method has been demonstrated and could potentially lead to a sustainable way of producing hydrogen, which has enormous potential in the renewable energy industry due to its high energy content and the fact that it does not release toxic or greenhouse gases when it is burnt.
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ID: 64232
Title: Geothermal Energy promising green energy for heating and cooling applications
Author: Pratosh Saxena
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 34-36 (2016)
Subject: Geothermal Energy
Keywords: Geothermal Energy, Green energy
Abstract: When thinking about heating or cooling of your home/residential /commercial buildings, until recently fossil fuels were basically the only solution to rely on. A typical commercial office space consumes around 2, 000 kW of electricity per hour that amounts to requirement of 15,000 litre of water per hour (3.6 lakh litre of water every day). And all of this water is completely lost to the atmosphere due to evaporative cooling on which traditional air conditioning system operates.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64231
Title: Human provisioning of Rhesus Macaques negatively impacts seed dispersal and forest ecosystem
Author: Sharada Balasubramanian
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 30-33 (2016)
Subject: Human provisioning of Rhesus Macaques
Keywords: Human provisioning, Rhesus Macaques, forest ecosystem
Abstract: People throwing food to monkeys on the roads is nothing new; it has been an age-old socio-cultural practice across South Asia and Southeast Asia. In tourist places, even when there are instruction boards in bold letters that say, 'Do not feed the monkeys,' people hardly pay heed. Such feeding habit not just heightens human monkey conflict but is also detrimental to the growth of the animal and impacts the forest ecosystem, recent research points out.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64230
Title: Death knell of Nainital lake a curse or an urban sprawl?
Author: Mr. Rajshekhar Pant
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 22-28 (2016)
Subject: Death knell of Nainital lake
Keywords: Nainital Lake, Urban sprawl
Abstract: Children of culture born in water-rich environment; we have never really earned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it..."Whenever I try to feel these lines by William Ahworth (Nor Any Drop to Drink, 1982) in the context of the Lake District-the region corresponding to the region forming a descent from the famous hill station of Nainital to Naukuchiatal, a water body sitting just above the foothills, some 25 km to the east of Nainital-I say it to myself, "Whether it is the Oregon of Ashworth or Nainital for the Indians, our propensity for self-aggrandizement often plays a key role in conditioning our relationship with the physiognomy of the landscape the surrounds us".
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ID: 64229
Title: Marrying agriculture, nutrition and health
Author: -[In conversation] Prof.MS Swaminathan ,In conversation with Megha Aggarwal
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 18-20 (2016)
Subject: Marrying agriculture, nutrition and health
Keywords: Agriculture, nutrition, health
Abstract: Megha aggarwal-This August you turned 91, what fuels your relentless passion for agriculture?
M.S. Swaminathan-The need to address widespread prevalence of hunger and malnutrition motivates me. I feel that this can be abolished by marrying agriculture, nutrition and health. When agricultural production is driven by the nutrition requirements of a society and agricultural practice is regulated by health agencies, it creates an ecosystem that protects and benefits both the farmer and the consumer.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64228
Title: Cross boundary development Through discipinary research and socio-environemntal synthesis
Author: Ms Biba Jasmine
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 12-17 (2016)
Subject: Cross boundary development
Keywords: Cross boundary development, Disciplinary research, Socio-environmental synthesis
Abstract: When it comes to resolving socio-environmental problems, it is important to maintain to maintain strength in disciplinary studies, but many environmental issues across the boundaries of traditional scientific disciplines, including biological, physical, and social sciences. This is because most environmental processes operate over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Thus, finding solutions to most of the socio-environmental issues depends on bringing together several traditional disciplines and evaluating the problems on several space and time scales.
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ID: 64227
Title: Wildfire smoke elevates ozone levels the Lurking danger
Author: -[Environmental Research
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 10-11 (2016)
Subject: Wildfire smoke elevates ozone levels
Keywords: Wildfire smoke, ozone levels
Abstract: For those living with the threat to life and property from wildfires, Colorado State University (CSU) scientists have some more news: Wildfire smoke seems to elevate levels of ozone, a nasty air pollutant with proven adverse health effects.
The influence of wildfire smoke on ozone levels during summer months in the United States is not well understood. CSU atmospheric science researchers took a comprehensive, multi-year look at this secondary, insidious effect of raging wildfires. Published in Environmental Science and Technology, the new study quantifies what wildfire smoke does to ozone levels over a nearly 10-year span, integrating data from hundreds of monitoring sites dotting the US.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64226
Title: Design to sustain growing demand for built environment in cities
Author: Ar. Aditi Phansalkar and Namrata Kaur
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2016
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 9 (6) 8-9 (2016)
Subject: Design to sustain
Keywords: Design to sustain, Environment in cities
Abstract: With the government of India's popular initiative of developing smart cities, it becomes imperative to mainstream sustainable construction practices in the developmental processes. Since, by 2030, 40.8 percent (600 mn) of India's population will be living in cities as compared to the current 28.4 percent; there will be an unprecedented increase in the real estate and the housing requirements in these cities.
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ID: 64225
Title: Smart cities mission in Rajasthan the focus areas and challenges
Author: Saurabh Somani
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2017
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 10 (8) 34-36 (2017)
Subject: Smart cities mission in Rajasthan the focus areas and challenges
Keywords: Smart cities mission, Rajasthan, Focus areas and challenges.
Abstract: What is a smart city? There is no universal definition of a smart city, as it depends on the geographical location and origin of that particular city. Economic infrastructure is one of the aspects, but how the citizens of the city are going to adapt themselves to the social and physical change will actually decide how smart that city would eventually turn out be.
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ID: 64224
Title: High pesticide levels in the Human body
Author: Bhavya Khullar
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2017
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 10 (8) 30-33 (2017)
Subject: High pesticide levels in the Human body
Keywords: Pesticide levels, Human body, Chronic Kidney disorders
Abstract: Doctors have reported high levels of organochlorine pesticides in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study done with a group of 300 individuals who visited the University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Delhi between January 2014 and March2015 is in agreement with studies from the West. "We found that patients with CKD had higher levels of three organochlorine pesticides-betaendosulphan, aldrin, and alpha-HCH in their blood, "Ashok Kumar Tripathi, professor at the University of Delhi, said.
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ID: 64223
Title: So, it's all a game impacts of game theory in the environmental arena
Author: Mahazareen Dastur
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2017
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 10 (8) 22-28 (2017)
Subject: So, it's all a game impacts of game theory in the environmental arena
Keywords: Gme theory, Environmental arena
Abstract: Most of us cannot appreciate why we need to learn higher mathematics during our schooling and college years, particularly because we believe we would never apply this knowledge to our everyday lives. However, the application of this subject to various fields has been well recognized, be it the landing of the first ever human on the moon in 1969, number crunching in computers, studying ocean currents, predicting the weather, and so much more.
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ID: 64222
Title: Sparrows: An important emotional link in nature conservation
Author: [In Conversation] Mohammed Dilawar interviewed with Namrata Gulati Sapra
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2017
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 10 (8) 18-20 (2017)
Subject: Sparrows: An important emotional link in nature conservation
Keywords: Sparrows, Important emotional link, nature conservation
Abstract: Namrata Gulati Sapra-When did the decline of sparrows first capture your attention?
Mohammed Dilawar- I had grown up seeing sparrows in my childhood as our homes and surroundings had a lot of sparrows in a way that they were part of our lives. Apart from sparrows I used to watch vultures soar high in the skies for hours. When I started working in the field of conservation, the catastrophic decline of vultures were reported.
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ID: 64221
Title: Sustainability model meaning and implications for India
Author: Biba Jasmine
Editor: R.K Pachauri
Year: 2017
Publisher: Anupama Jauhry
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Terra green vol. 10 (8) 12-17 (2017)
Subject: Sustainability model meaning and implications for India.
Keywords: Sustainability Model, Implications for India
Abstract: The UN 2030 sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were activated from the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), when in September 2000, the world rallied for a common 15-year plan to tackle sensitive issues, such as indignity of poverty, education, health, etc. The MDGs established quantifiable, universally agreed objectives for eliminating risky poverty and hunger, preventing deadly but treatable disease, and increasing educational opportunities for all children, among other requirements. Since the targets were not achieved by many of the countries on issues, such as hunger, achieving total gender equality, adequate health services, they needed to be re-worked.
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