{"title":"Assessing India’s Green Tribunal for Conservation of Biodiversity","authors":"Usha Tandon","doi":"10.4324/9780203704066-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203704066-10","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter assesses the role of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), established in 2010 by the Central Government, in protecting and enhancing the biodiversity in India. Providing a brief overview of the provisions of the NGT Act, the chapter identifies and critically analyses the major orders on biodiversity passed by the NGT since its inception. The chapter describes innovative techniques adopted by the NGT to remove hindrances coming in its way to protect the natural environment, which earned it an envious reputation. After having examined the sharp reactions of powerful stakeholders for developmental projects, it concludes by stating that, till date, the NGT has been successful in surviving all odds against it and argues for its bright future for the protection of biodiversity, ecology and natural resources.","PeriodicalId":293240,"journal":{"name":"Community Ecology eJournal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122274719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Generalized Measure of Diversity: Application to Longitudinal Data on Crop-groups in North-East India","authors":"Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3637251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3637251","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we generalize the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) using the correlation structure of the individual shares to arrive at a new diversity measure. This is then applied to the cultivation of crops across zones of Assam, India. Before applying these indices we have removed the trend component from the data series. Since the trend effect is eliminated, the indices show the true diversity pattern and reflect the intentions of farmers directly which was not taken into consideration in the earlier measures. <br><br>The results show that the diversity indices declined till 1975-76 and then gradually increased up to 1987-88. Thereafter, all the indices became more or less stagnant. It may be because the farmers did not want to take risk or they have less access to the modern farming technology which is also subject to changes over time.","PeriodicalId":293240,"journal":{"name":"Community Ecology eJournal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130113180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}