Mr. Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, Honorable Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW), Nepal addressing the participants
Today, in India, we face both an environment as well as a development crisis.On the one hand we are still struggling with the problems of inequality,poverty and improving the human development indicators.
The condition and quality of Indian building stock is poor when it comes to seismic performance, say CSE researchers
India’s forest laws are colonial that have alienated communities from their land and resources. Under the current Forest Rights Act of 2006, the government allows gram sabhas to manage and protect forests. However, community rights have been recognised only over 2.5 million hectare (ha) of forests while Forest Survey of India report has identified 31 million ha of forests within revenue villages
CSE is organising the following training programmes in partnership with Guthi (www.guthi.net), Nepal. Sustainable water management systems like harvesting rainwater and decentralised wastewater treatment including reuse and recycle can substantially increase the availability of water in areas where supply is scarce and has also become an economical and ecological benefit. The details of the programme (s) are as follows:
CSE is organising the following training programmes in partnership with CIUD, Nepal. Sustainable water management systems like harvesting rainwater and decentralised wastewater treatment including reuse and recycle can substantially increase the availability of water in areas where supply is scarce and has also become an economical and ecological benefit. The details of the programme (s) is as follows:
Mr. Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, Honorable Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW), Nepal addressing the participants
February 12-15, 2012
I was in Kathmandu last week. An interesting time to be in Nepal as a political observer, watching the Jhalanath Khanal-led government run out of time to cobble together a coalition. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there as a political observer. My task was to meet with the top brass in the government’s Education department. And to try to figure out if an environment programme that has managed to excite and engage school students in India, would work its magic in Nepal, too.