Selected Internet Resources
Biodiversity, Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
- BioDiversity | BioJustice: includes news and research about South Asian issues and information about annual biodiversity conference
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- CorpWatch's Biotechnology page includes extensive reports and links to research critical of biotech in South Asia and elsewhere
- Research Program on Biotechnology in India, a database of projects sponsored by the Indian government
- United Nations National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for India
- Kerala Forest Research Institute, focusing on preserving biodiversity
- Indian forestry import/export statistics
- Nepal Non-Timber Forest Products Network, a group of 50 organizations supporting biodiversity and sustainable use of forest resources
- Central Pollution Control Board of Delhi
- Green Pages: the Global Directory for Environmental Technology has comprehensive listings for agencies and research institutes as well as current news and reports.
- Nepal's Department of Irrigation, involved with water quality and river protection
- Nepal's Ministry of Population and Environment
- India's Pollution Regulatory Structure and Background, a World Bank Report (1996)
- Indian environmental legislation, a listing of laws, bills, etc.
Organizations & movements
- Center for Science and Environment monitors green practices, global environmental issues, and publishes the bi-weekly magazine, Down to Earth
- Chipko Movement, a site about activists fighting the destruction of forests in India.
- Consumer Voice, a magazine covering Indian consumer safety and health issues.
- Descriptions of Indian movements participating in the Inter-Continental Caravan, and a website devoted to the ICC.
- Environment Nepal, a web portal linking to news, analysis and discussion.
- The Greater Common Good, a widely-reprinted article by Arundhati Roy on the Narmada Valley.
- Greenpeace India, including information on GMOs, pesticides, and climate change.
- India Together's environment page, featuring information on forests, energy, hazards, water and urban issues.
- India's National Alliance of Peoples' Movements, fighting for social equality and sustainable development
- Tata Energy Institute, based in Delhi, includes a wide array of research papers, publications, bibliographies and news articles about environmentalism and sustainable development in India
- Clean Energy Nepal, a variety of publications and research reports on air quality and pollution
- India: environmental issues, an overview from the US Department of Energy
- Pesticide Action Network (Asia), including information on sustainable agriculture, pesticides, safe food, women in agriculture, transnational corporations.
- Pollution Free India, a site with current environmental news and links to resources on plastics, ozone, air and water quality.
- Toxicslink, a New Delhi-based site on the health effects of pesticides, water quality, medical and hazardous waste.
- Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources
- Center for Rural Technology (Nepal)
- Nepal Net: an electronic networking for sustainable development
- SRISTI: society for research and initiatives for sustainable technologies and institutions
- Sustainable Community Development Programme (Nepal Capacity 21), a joint undertaking of Nepal's National Planning Commission and the United Nations Development Programme.
- Sustainable Development International includes news, publications, events and a directory of development organizations worldwide.
- The United Nation's Develpment Programme sustainable development page for India.
- International Commission on Large Dams, India
- Map of major dams in India
- Narmada Dam page of oneworld.net, an international consortium of hundreds of activist groups working for social change.
- Narmada River Dams/Sardar Sarovar Project, informatin about organizing to protect the Narmada River eco-system.
- World Commission on Dams report on India
Wildlife
- Indian wildlife, a listing of resources including national parks, research institutions, conservation organizations.
- Map of wildlife sanctuaries in India
- Project Tiger, links and information about India's tiger reserves
- Protected Area Newsletter
- Sanctuary Asia, covers forest and wildlife issues, including endangered species
- United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas in India
- World Wildlife Federation, India
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Graphic at top left is from Naveen Patnaik's The Garden of Life: An Introduction to the Healing Plants of India (New York: Doubleday, 1993).
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