Dynamics and Development of Highland Ecosystems
by Ek Raj Ojha
Walden Book House, Kathmandu, 1999 (first edition)
pp xxxv, 279 + 28(unnumbered), price not mentioned
In recent years, the study of hill ecologies has acquired great importance. In this study Ek Raj Ojha focuses on the highland ecosystem in the hills of far-western Nepal, more particularly in analysing the dynamics of ecosystems moulded by terrace farming. The book aims to determine the ways and means of improving the socioeconomic as well as environmental conditions of people living in this region, as well as providing a model for similar areas. Emphasising the need for modern technology to supplement the revival of traditional indigenous knowledge, he Ojha underlines the need to fully understand particular ecosystems before any 'improvement' of the concerned ecosystem is undertaken.
The Reality of Aid 2002
Edited by Judith Randel, Tony German and Deborah Ewing
IBON Foundation Inc, Manila, 2002
pp xii + 262, price not mentioned
ISBN 971 8707 71 9
The annual report of The Reality of Aid, a not-for-profit initiative involving non-governmental organisations from the North and South, constitutes a 'progress report' on what the international community has been able to do, needs to do and needs to refrain from doing to ensure sustainable development in the less well off countries. With in-depth studies of NGOs and NGO coalitions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the OECD countries, it presents a nuanced range of perspectives on donor policies and practices and evaluates their success in terms what they have been able to deliver vis a vis their promises.
Culture, Gender and Ecology: Beyond Workerism
by M Nadarajah
Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 1999
pp xviii + 341, INR 650
ISBN 81-7033-515-8