Subrata Singh

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How do we ascertain the percentage of water recharge available through sub-surface wells?

Dear Sir/Madam, I am a practitioner working on watershed development. I work in Odisha which is a high rainfall area (1200-1400 mm annual rainfall) and in areas where the main source of irrigation...

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Can we say that byelaws can be an effective tool for securing tenure as a collective as well as for individual members? Examples or published paper?

I am looking for options of securing rights of the collective groups and individual members to collective resources such as water (tanks, ponds, etc), common land or invisible resources such as...

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How can governing institutions help in more equitable distribution of water?

Water is a common resource. But water resources are largely related to land and land owners. Institutional structures around water are also focus on the land owners in the command areas like the...

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Re-imagining Public Land Protection Cells

The judgment by Markandey Katju, J. and Gyan Sudha Mishra was a landmark judgment for the management and governance of the commons in the country. It provided a hope and momentum for the...

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Carbon vs Ecological Services

Carbon sequestration is becoming a common currency across ecosystems - Reducing the value of ecological services to that of carbon. We understand, carbon is just a small portion of the ecological...

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