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Documentation / Library

    Documentation is an important area of work at ESG as well as a service offered to others. The specific focus of documentation at ESG is on issues of law and policy relating to environment and conservation.

    Leading dailies in English and Kannada are reviewed everyday for articles on a host of issues such as biodiversity, forestry, wildlife management, environmental decision making, dams, power sector, economic development, infrastructure, urban planning, human rights etc. We have an archive of nearly 120 files documenting the different issues over the last five years. Our news clippings archives can be consulted and photocopied at a nominal cost of Rs 2/- per page.

    We also have a growing library which currently contains over 1000 books (View book List PDF) and over 900 reports (View Reports List PDF) published by several organisations on the various issues mentioned above. Additionally, we have a large number of articles, journals, magazines and newsletters collected over the years.

    These documents are used in our campaigns, training initiatives, media advocacy, lobbying, public interest litigations (PILs) and publications.

    The ESG office is open six days a week to researchers, students and anybody interested in using our library and documentation centre for information and research on various social and environmental issues at a nominal fee. Please contact us to use these resources.

Publications

  • Green Tapism - A review of the Environmental Impact Notification - 2006 - The Environment Impact Assessment Notification (EIA Notification) issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) per the Environment Protection Act, 1986 is amongst the most critical legislative instruments covering key aspects of environmental decision making including assessment of prospective ESG projects cover a range of issues but a common theme is that of incorporating environmental and social justice concerns with community participation and involvement in decision making.


  • Parliamentary Scrutiny Over International Financial Institutions -IFI's continue to use power to influence key decisions in implementing their policies in developing countries. This booklet is meant to create awareness among the elected representatives in India and that they should be fully involved in the development and scrutiny of the policies of IFI's that may adversely impact the poor in this country. (Download the booklet - PDF 900kb) (Request Hard Copy)




  • Report of the Access Intitiative - The Access Initiative (TAI) is a global coalition of civil society oganisations collaborating to promote national implementation of commitments to access to information, participation, and justice in decision-making that affects the environment.

     

     

  • A European Union Asia Pro Eco funded project entitled: Development of Guidelines for Segregation, Collection and Safe Disposal of Hazardous waste (SACODI). 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.

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