Papers in Academic Journals by Nandan Nawn
Economic and Political Weekly, 2019
Papers by Nandan Nawn
Economic activity in India is supported by minerals extracted domestically. The significance of m... more Economic activity in India is supported by minerals extracted domestically. The significance of mining is also due to its impact on local livelihood opportunities-it generates some during extraction and transport, but it also puts a stop on many others; on some, forever. Once a mine is exhausted, it requires fresh efforts to generate new livelihood opportunities. The need for remedial action to compensate for displacement, adverse impact on ecological and human health and other such is well recognised now. As it is well known, the Supreme Court in Samatha vs State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors (1997; Appeal (civil) 4601-02 of 1997) is a forerunner on this matter, calling for the creation of a 'permanent fund' to sustain local 'development'. Churnings in the regulatory framework were certainly influenced by this and other decisions on mining, like SPS & Ors vs State of Karnataka & Ors. (2013; WP (civil) 562 of 2009), Goa Foundation vs UOI & Ors. (2014; WP (civil) 435 of 2012) just to name a few. National Mineral Policy of 1990 considered mining to be the exclusive responsibility of the State; the 1993 policy, reflecting the changes initiated in 1991, paved the way for private sector participation. Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, was amended accordingly. In 2005, the Planning Commission set up a High-Level Committee (HLC) to review and suggest changes in the policy and regulations to augment investment-both public and private-in the mining sector, in a changing climate. The preface of the HLC report recognised the difficulty Managing Editor and Coordinator for this 'Conversations'.
This paper problematizes the basis for international policies and regulations towards adaptation,... more This paper problematizes the basis for international policies and regulations towards adaptation, mitigation and adjustment for ‘climate change’. Specific aspects of Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC have been evaluated on the basis of theory and methods of ecological science. In particular, requirements of legal certainty have been found to be at odds with the uncertainty in the supposed basis. The paper calls for adopting ethical rationality along with scientific rationality towards addressing problems of the society that are ecological in nature.
Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 2021
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal
Sustentabilidade em Debate, 2016
A workshop on ‘Sustainability in Higher Education from the vantage of the Global South’was organi... more A workshop on ‘Sustainability in Higher Education from the vantage of the Global South’was organized by the Azim Premji University between 12 and 14 January 2015 inBengaluru, India. Its goal was to explore how sustainability can be integrated into undergraduate,postgraduate and professional courses. The workshop was divided intofour sessions with interlinked themes – the first, with a focus on framing sustainability;the second, on integrating sustainability in higher education; the third, on sustainabilitycurricula; and the last, on pedagogy for sustainability. All four sessions were informedby the broader educational goal of enabling students from diverse backgrounds toenvision, conceptualise, research and implement sustainability in varied personal andprofessional contexts. Participants of the workshop drew upon their varied experiences,from India and institutions across the world, in the teaching and learning of the multidimensionalconcept of sustainability in diverse geographies...
Economic and Political Weekly, Jun 20, 2013
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2015
Nature, Economy and Society, 2015
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2014
ABSTRACT In the literature on sustainability of agriculture, both labourers and workers are consp... more ABSTRACT In the literature on sustainability of agriculture, both labourers and workers are conspicuously absent. Here, the sustainability of agriculture has been defined in terms of whether the farm household in question is able to yield an energy surplus when its members and the animals in its possession are obtaining an adequate ‘energy income’ or Calorie intake. To evaluate the sustainability of 590 farming households in the state of West Bengal, India, during 2004–5, four progressively stricter definitions of sustainability have been proposed, defined and applied. The method of energy balance analysis was followed. A negative surplus was found to be near-universal across size-groups in terms of the net area sown (NAS), the gross cultivated area (GCA) and agro-climatic zones. The threshold output for a non-negative surplus during the cultivating period was 700,000 megajoules (MJ); in terms of the GCA for a positive ‘full and final’ annual surplus, it was 3 hectares, and in NAS terms it was 2.5 hectares; against NAS per household size, it was 0.6 hectares, for ensuring a positive surplus beyond the annual sustainability. No evidence could be found in favour of household size as an explanation for the negative surplus.
Judicial reforms in India: issues and aspects, 2007
Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal
Research on economics of the environment is carried out through mostly the orthodox or heterodox ... more Research on economics of the environment is carried out through mostly the orthodox or heterodox paradigm. The orthodox paradigm is rooted in the neoclassical framework, while the heterodox paradigm follows a more inclusive, transdisciplinary approach that includes political ecology, environmental history, and environmental sociology. This difference in quite evident in many locations of the Global North, such as Europe. It can be witnessed by means of simple and analytical indicators like the journals listed by professional societies: Environmental Policy and Governance, by the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) and Environmental and Resource Economics, by the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE). The ESEE's own journal Environmental Policy and Governance characteristically includes papers on values, politics, and institutions even within its limited scope. The EAERE's own journal Environmental and Resource Economics typically includes papers on optimal control, bargaining, experimental economics, marginal abatement costs, and dynamic efficiency. Interestingly, Environment and Development Economics is listed by both societies under 'publications'. Such compartmentalization into the orthodox and heterodox paradigms is virtually absent in the Indian context in terms of structure or function. The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) represents both paradigms-it has had an agricultural economist and a hydrologist as
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Papers in Academic Journals by Nandan Nawn
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