Bhutan: In Pursuit of Sustainable Development
Bhutan and its Natural Biodiversity Bhutan is endowed with an outstanding natural environment. It is dubbed as the ‘crown jewel’ of the Eastern Himalayas, a region recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot. Broadly speaking, the natural habitats range from the subtropical broadleaf forests and grasslands through temperate mountain forests to …
Biodiversity conservation and imperatives for attaining sustainable development goals
The term “biodiversity” and its related concepts have been mentioned and interpreted in various ways by ecologists, environmentalist, biologist, policy makers etc. If simply stated, it includes the sum total of all the genes, species and the ecosystem of a region. It operates at different levels of ecosystem and varies …
Home Composting: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!
Rapid urbanisation and increasing population are adding to the woes of waste management in Delhi, as the capital city produces tonnes of waste every day. Waste managers are struggling with waste disposal, management of ‘mixed waste’ and transformational costs. Kitchen waste accounts for 50 per centage of household waste in the country. As per …
Sustainable Consumption and Production: The Story So Far
Burgeoning consumption and the corresponding exploitation of our planet’s finite natural resources have largely contributed to the sustainability problems the 21st century faces. The creation of such an ‘accumulation economy’1 has not only put ecological services at risk but also poverty alleviation and development gains, undermining present and future human and planetary …
Food Security: The Big Question of Resources
The ninth discussion in the series of trialogue 2047, explored the nexus between Water-Energy-Food in understanding food security. Six eminent speakers from the areas of agriculture, systems, and resource studies joined us for this trialogue 2047. The key speakers were Dr Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives; Dr Biksham Gujja, Chairman, AgSri Agricultural Services Pvt. Ltd; Dr …