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Is the 12th Plan Sustainable? 0

Is the 12th Plan Sustainable?

The Indian government has repeatedly talked of the need for ‘sustainable development’, in which environmental and human development concerns are integrated. Does the draft 12th Plan Approach Paper move India closer to this goal?...

End looting of natural resources: Sudarshan 0

End looting of natural resources: Sudarshan

For sustainable development, looting of natural resources must stop, H. Sudarshan, Director of Karuna Trust and Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK), Bangalore, has said.

Animals are integral to the ‘green economy’ 0

Animals are integral to the ‘green economy’

In New York this week, WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) co-hosted a series of presentations on the crucial links between livestock production and the green economy. The event also provided a...

Proper water management seen as vital to green economy 0

Proper water management seen as vital to green economy

Zaragoza, 5 October 2011–Successful water projects around the world that already demonstrate that there are effective and economically viable solutions to address the world’s water problems were the focus of a three-day conference organised...

People’s Statement on Sustainable Development and Rio+20 0

People’s Statement on Sustainable Development and Rio+20

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) will take place in 2012, marking two decades of official international action on sustainable development. In the first Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the international community...