Description: India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus

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India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus

India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AIR ANNUAL RUNOFF BASINS BIODIVERSITY CATCHMENT CLASSIFICATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FOREST CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROPS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS EROSION EROSION CONTROL FISH FISH HABITAT FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD MITIGATION FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FRUITS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GLACIERS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HABITAT FRAGMENTATION HABITATS HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PROJECT INLAND WATERWAYS IRRIGATION LAND USE LEAKAGE MEANS OF TRANSPORT MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PETROLEUM PLAINS POLLUTION RAIL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESERVOIR RIGHT OF WAY RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS ROAD ROADS ROUTES RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SPECIES SPECIES COMPOSITION STUDIES SURFACE WATER TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT FACILITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRUE WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TRANSPORT WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEALTH WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7931532/india-development-growth-northeast-india-natural-resources-water-environment-nexus http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7760

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Summary:	India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report has come about at the request of the Indian Government for the World Bank to focus more of its attention on the Northeastern Region in order to support poverty reduction and development in the region. Accordingly, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDONER) and the Bank devised a study that would provide a broad, regionwide view. This report synthesizes the study, which focuses on water and forests, two key interconnected resources of the region, and the institutional framework that deals with their management. This paper includes the following headings: introduction; objective, process, audience, and scope of this study; the Northeast Region -- water and forest resources; institutional environment; key findings of the study; challenges for the Northeast Region; recommendations for priority activities, and conclusions.