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    The search for a model land legislation: the new land bill and its challenges

    January, 2011
    India
    land governance
    land

    The draft Indian Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 7, 2011 is one of the most important legislations waiting for Parliamentary approval. In its present form, the bill is a major improvement over the archaic 1894 land law that has contributed to the impasse over land acquisitions across the country. The bill makes a genuine push for a better land acquisition regime in the country by doing three things: combining both compensations, resettlement and

  2. Library Resource

    Conceptual model development for landscape management in the mountains of the Indian Himalayan region: an approach for sustainable socio-ecological development

    Peer-reviewed publication
    September, 2010
    India
    land use
    land tenure
    sustainable development

    This study aims at presenting a conceptual model for landscape management in the Himalayan region of India,
    using quantitative/mathematical approach. Keeping in view the requirement, (based on fifteen years empirical
    field work in the Himalayan region and as well as literature survey) the MODAM (Multiple Objectives Decision
    Support Tools for Landscape Management) model along with linear programming approach was adopted with a
    view to presenting additional methodological perspectives on interdisciplinary landscape research. The work has

  3. Library Resource

    Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Indus Basin

    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    India, Asia
    water management
    land management

    This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the

    series, to the Indus River basin in South Asia. The Indus Basin covers 3 countries, rises

    in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in China. Irrigated agriculture

    in the Basin is extensive with the construction of dams, barrages, and link canals to

    distribute water, with modern engineering to support irrigation starting as early as the

    mid 1800s.

    Net runoff is about 10% of total precipitation. Irrigated agriculture covers 20% of

  6. Library Resource

    Tackling water and food crisis in South Asia: Insights from the Indo-Gangetic Basin

    Reports & Research
    March, 2010
    India, Asia
    water management

    CPWF-IWMI “Basin Focal Project for the Indus-Gangetic Basin” is an initiative by the CPWF, to

    identify steps to be taken towards integrated management of the IGB’s water and land resources

    to improve productivity and ensure future sustainability of all production and ecosystems in the

    basin. The project was developed with the objective of conducting basin-wide analysis of the

    conditions, constraints and opportunities for improving agricultural water productivity and

  9. Library Resource

    Learning from Phase I: A Survey of Project Leaders and Staff

    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, South America, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Central America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
    water management

    IN response to an on-line survey, 76 project leaders and staff gave CPWF Phase 1 a

    generally favorable review. Respondents came from 68 CPWF projects in 45 countries on

    three continents. The survey sought to help learn what went well in Phase 1, what did not

    go so well and can be improved in Phase 2.

    Nearly three-quarters of respondents felt that they had achieved different research results,

    outcomes and impacts as a result of participation in the CPWF than otherwise possible from

  10. Library Resource

    IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual report 2009

    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    India, Southern Asia
    water management

    This report covers phase 2 of the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Program (ITP) for the period 2006-2010. The major areas of action: Research focusing on water sector issues concerning underprivileged communities and backward regions in the country; Idea-incubation for livelihoods enhancement efforts using water as a central input, supporting the Trust in their water sector partnerships; Dissemination and raising public awareness; Widening the network of research partners; Policy influencing.

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