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Rebuilding Bundelkhand

Few places on Earth exemplify better than the region of Bundelkhand in Central India the adage of ‘resource curse’. Despite its enormous endowment of resource wealth – its rich deposits of minerals (including the only operating diamond mine in India) and dense forests, diverse fauna and flora; its unique history …

The Need for Novel Forms of Learning to Plan for Resilient Water Systems in Human Settlements1

Community in discussion The resilience of any social-ecological -technological system (SETS) in the Anthropocene is defined as the capability to navigate uncertainties and manage changes. At the same time, approaches to building resilience must also influence the direction of change towards greener, more inclusive, and just pathways of development to …

#COP19: polluters talk, we walk

21st November, 2013 has been a milestone in the history of climate negotiations in past 19 years. For the first time in record of Conference of Parties on climate change, large number of representatives from civil society organizations all over the world walked out of climate negotiations and have voluntarily withdrawn …