Comments/suggestions for Revising Access and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014 (NBA)
This note was submitted in response to the National Biodiversity Authority’s ‘Notice inviting comments/suggestions for Revising Access and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014’. CPD’s comments/suggestions indicated general directions and measures that may be adopted to improve the effectiveness of access and benefits sharing under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
Savannah Grassland Conservation in Maharashtra For People, Climate, & Biodiversity
This policy brief focuses on the need for grassland conservation in Maharashtra. Tropical grasslands and savannahs are important for millions of people whose pastoralist livelihoods depend on this natural ecosystem. It is home to diverse forms of wildlife including the blackbuck and the Great Indian Bustard. Savannah grasslands are also key to addressing climate change […]
Karnataka StateWater Policy 2019
Task Group on Water Policy (led by Mihir Shah, S V Ranganath and Sharachandra Lele). 2019. Recommendation submitted to GoK. Karnataka Jnana Aayoga (Karnataka Knowledge Commission), Bengaluru As in the rest of the country, the water crisis facing Karnataka is reaching unmanageable proportions. This is reflected in grave agrarian distress but also in acute shortage of […]
