Impact assessment of pesticide residues in fish of Ganga river around Kolkata in West Bengal

2008 ◽  
Vol 157 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Wasim Aktar ◽  
M. Paramasivam ◽  
Daipayan Sengupta ◽  
Swarnali Purkait ◽  
Madhumita Ganguly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Ganga River

Impact Assessment of Lead on Water Quality of River Ganga in West Bengal, India

2005 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 1012-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dutta ◽  
R. K. Kole ◽  
S. Ghosh ◽  
D. Nath ◽  
K. K. Vass
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
River Ganga

scholarly journals Multi-sectoral impact assessment during the 1st wave of COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal (India) for sustainable planning and management

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Biraj Kanti Mondal ◽  
Satiprasad Sahoo ◽  
Poulami Paria ◽  
Subrata Chakraborty ◽  
Abdullah M. Alamri
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Sustainable Planning

scholarly journals Public Participation in Biodiversity Impact Assessment in the State of West Bengal, India: Present Status and Finding Ways for Improvement

Environments ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Rajarshi Chakraborty ◽  
Andre Lindner ◽  
Wolfgang Wende
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Present Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Local People ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Public Hearings ◽  
Simple Matrix

The present status of public participation in EIA particularly concerning biodiversity in West Bengal, India was studied. The issues raised in 50 public hearings were analyzed and chapters on biodiversity in 20 EIA reports were studied. Areas needing improvement were identified. Scientific literature was studied to gather best practices/concepts. It was observed that, despite all enabling legal provisions, public participation in EIA has not grown to its full potential. The discussion was mostly on jobs and benefits (and little on biodiversity impact). EIA reports did not provide any spatial information on biodiversity-rich/sensitive areas or impact on bio-resources that are used by people. We identified four pillars of effective public participation in EIA as: (i) institutional opportunity and conducive environment for participation; (ii) interest of local people to participate; (iii) capacity building of local people; and, (iv) support of clearance process. Specific recommendations under each are provided. A simple matrix for Biodiversity Impact Assessment and a list of components for the improvement of biodiversity, for use of local people, have been developed.

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