Ankit joshi's Blog (36)

I have had the opportunity to publish one of my group projects on Payments for Ecosystem Services for Managing Spring Water Resources. This is a culmination of a group project wherein we went to the Indian Himalayas for data collection. It feels extremely nice to have been published. A description of the project is attached below.

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) is an economic conservation tool which has recently gained much attention. It is believed to show a lot of promise in…

My masters thesis on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) wherein I am looking at the history of forest governance in India from a colonial top down perspective to a recent participatory approach to a market based one in the form of REDD+. The government has been keen to implement the REDD+ as it has the potential of providing the Indian government, incentives to the tune of USD 3 billion if utilised well. There are however, some unresolved issues with regards…

Two of the main reasons that have come into the forefront for the discrepancies in the evaluation of environmental impacts are corruption and lack of expertise on the subject. Armenia ranks 123rd out of the 178 countries surveyed by Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. (Denmark ranks No. 1) Another reason is the lack of job oriented education which is imparted out in schools which lays more emphasis on theoritical concepts and neglects the practical applicability of that…

 2010 has been a year full of milestones some adventurous, some not so adventurous... some good some indifferent! Some jolly while others on mellow tones

• Field trip to India for Project data collection (March-April)
• Backpacking trips to the Danish Countryside, Malmo, Oslo and Cardiff (June-July)
• Study trip to Greenland (July -August)
• Summer School on Renewable Energy (August)
• Internship in India (November)

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Even though there has been a long tradition of celebrating Christmas in India, this Christmas seemed to be somewhat different in New Delhi with people coming out in large numbers and joining hands to help those in need. There also seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm amongst  shop owners and business as shops were decorated and spruced up to attract customers going about doing their Christmas shopping. Though I must mention that Christmas has largely come to be associated with consumerism all…

It's just one week before the project due date and work is in full swing to try and get the project ready on time. But it can be a little difficult to work with spring at your door step and beautiful sunshine…