Publications

A Blueprint for integrated, participatory and inclusive urban governance. Available in English & Kannada.

Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India by Leo F. Saldanha and Bhargavi S. Rao for Environment Support Group

Forfeiting Our Commons: A Case for Protecting and Conserving Challakere’s Amrit Mahal Kavals as Livelihoods-Supporting, Biodiversity-Rich and Ecologically-Sensitive Grassland Ecosystems – June 2013

. A framework was developed to rigorously and comprehensive assess and analyse the working of the SECC. This involved reviewing 447 clearances that had been accorded during 2002-2012 to dams, industries, mining projects, infrastructure projects, biotech firms, radiation processing units, etc. June 2014

The Access Initiative (TAI), understand its relevance and potential to improving public access in environmental decision making.

This book is a ‘must read’ for policy makers, engineers, scientists, contractors, independent thinkers and even investors who should be sensitive to India’s environment. – R Rajamani who served as Secretary of MoEF, in The Book Review.

This project was a collaborative effort with Technical University Dresden (Technische Universitat Dresden), Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Cardiff University, England and Can Tho University Vietnam.