Development should be based on Deep Human Values

INDIA COUNTRY REPORT :  SAVE WATER AND AGRICULTURE

Without a strong foundation of social values, sustainable development is always at risk.

REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS

Seasonal Production and Emission of Methane from Rice Fields :

METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM RICE FIELD SOIL

Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas regarded second only to carbon dioxide in its ability to cause global warming. Methane is important because of its relatively fast increase, and also because it is, per molecule, some 60 times more effective than carbon dioxide in causing global warming (IPCC, 2001). The largest present anthropogenic sources of methane are rice fields, cattle and biomass burning (see Khalil and Shearer, 2000). The global emissions from these sources are still not well known. In the middle 1980s there were few available data on methane emissions from rice fields leading to estimates of a global source between 100-280 Tg/yr (reviewed in Khalil and Rasmussen, 1990). Extensive worldwide research during the last decade has shown that the global emissions from rice fields are more likely to be in the range of 30-80Tg/yr. While this work has led to a substantial reduction in the estimated emissions, the uncertainty is still quite large, and seriously affects our ability to include methane in integrated assessments for future climate change and environmental management.

WERI & SMVS  believes in the intrinsic dignity of the human soul and strives to ensure that each person, no matter how poor, lives a life od simply dignity and self dependence.Thus, every activity of organization is inevitably linked to the mitigation of human suffering and pain.

• Recognizing the basic rights of all to certain minimum basic needs and duty of civil society to strive to ensure the fulfillment of these needs.
• Honoring and caring for our natural environment.
• Respect for the innate equality of all, regardless of gender, caste,creed race or nationality
• Promoting self-reliance, simplicity strong local community and strong family units.

The goal of development should be attaining “RESPONSIBLE WELL-BEING” for everyone.

WERI-UN Development Goal Campaign

International  Year of  Sanitation

Provide Clean water and  Develop water points projects in West Bengal District of Nadia ( India)

Methane gas is at least 23 times more potent than CO2