Policy Brief: Augmenting Farmer Income With On-farm Carbon and Water Trade-offs
Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Mallika Sardeshpande, Manjunatha G Well Labs | September 5, 2024 Agroecological practices such as crop diversification (intercropping, crop rotation, agroforestry, etc.) and livestock integration offer ecological benefits such as carbon and water sequestration. In the long term, such practices often improve on-farm soil health and water use efficiency on-farm. However, civil society […]
Response to Draft Notification on the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area (MoEFCC)
The MoEFCC’s draft notification dated 31 July, 2024 proposed designating 56,800 sq km of the Western Ghats spanning 6 states as an ecologically sensitive Area (ESA) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. CPD and the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy submitted a joint response suggesting improved monitoring, enforcement, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable development within the […]
Navigating the Streets
Gautam Aredath, Abi T. Vanak Indian Public Policy Review | November 30, 2023 The Indian government’s approach to dog population management for the last two decades –the animal birth control (ABC) program –has yielded poor results. Aside from its implementation failures, the ABC is scientif ically unsuited to the scale and severityof the harms posed […]
Public Consultation on Draft Methodology for Tree Plantation Based Green Credits (MoEFCC)
The Government of India announced its draft guidelines for tree plantation-based green credits and asked for comments via a public consultation. CPD laid out recommendations and revisions along with other contributors from ATREE and other experts in the sector in November 2023.
Community-conserved areas in India:opportunities and challenges
Dr Sushil Saigal, Dr Aditya Gangadharan, Ms Sunpreet Kaur, Dr Shaleen Singhal ICASS Policy Brief Community-conserved areas (CCAs)1 are sites that are voluntarily conserved by local communities for a diversity of reasons including their biodiversity values, cultural significance, and ecosystem services. They may include natural or anthropogenic ecosystems and their management may be determined by […]
C-20 conference in Tirupati lays stress on identifying traits of oneness – The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/c-20-conference-in-tirupati-lays-stress-on-identifying-traits-of-oneness/article66638855.ece
Towards evidence-based policymaking: India’s open-data Initiatives
https://www.orfonline.org/research/towards-evidence-based-policymaking-indias-open-data-initiatives/
CFR Baiga Chak team’s presentation to the taskforce for implementation of PESA & FRA in Madhya Pradesh
9 July, 2023 Members of the task force appointed by the Madhya Pradesh state government visited Dindori District. The task force has been constituted for the effective implementation of PESA and FRA in the state. Dr. Sharad Lele is a member of the task force. ATREE’s Baiga Chak team gave a presentation on the situation […]
NWP 2020: How is India’s youth reimagining its water future?
Submitted to the National Water Policy working committee. June 2020 Water and Society
Rethinking Forest Fires – Proceedings of the National Workshop on Forest Fires
Submitted to MoEF Forests, Governance and Livilihoods
