http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/351 This section is mainly deals with the publications of IIMK Community in the area of Environmental Management 2026-05-12T13:15:40Z http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/966 Payment for Ecosystem Services to Sustain Kudimaramathu in Tamil Nadu Balooni, Kulbhushan; Vekatachalam, L. The Tamil Nadu government is attempting to revive the institution of kudimaramathu by leveraging a scheme sponsored by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to rejuvenate small waterbodies in the state. How a payment for ecosystem services system can incentivise village panchayats to engage in tank management and, in turn, ensure the sustainability and longevity of the community-based programme beyond the life of the project is explored. The authors thank Dinesh Kumar,A Narayanamoorthy, and K Sivasubramaniyan for their valuable reviews and comments. L Venkatachalam (venkat@ mids.ac.in) teaches at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. Kulbhushan Balooni (kbalooni@ iimk.ac.in) teaches at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. 2018-02-10T00:00:00Z http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/945 Water transfer from irrigation tanks for urban use: can payment for ecosystem services produce efficient outcomes? Balooni, Kulbhushan; Venkatachalam, L. Many Indian states have begun to transfer water meant for irrigation to non-agricultural purposes, but the economic and environmental consequences are not adequately understood. Transfer of water out of water bodies from rural areas not only reduces the economic welfare of the traditional water users but also reduces their incentives to manage these water bodies on a sustainable basis. The study explores the possibility of introducing the mechanism of ‘payment for ecosystem services’ at the grass-roots level in the Indian context as a return for reallocation of water from irrigation to urban uses so that it can produce a non-zero-sum outcome for villagers, farmers, urban consumers and governments. 2017-07-03T00:00:00Z http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/379 Financing of Afforestation of Wastelands Balooni, Kulbhushan Abstract of Phd Theses 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/376 Why Local Resources Management Institutions Decline: A Comparative Analysis of Van (Forest) Panchayats and Forest Protection Committees in India Balooni, Kulbhushan; Ballabh, Vishwa*; Dave, Shibani* Building and nurturing institutions are most challenging tasks in any development work. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the rise and fall of institutions involved in the management of forest resources. This has been done through comparative case studies of Van (Forest) Panchayats of Uttaranchal and Forest Protection Committees of West Bengal in India. As has been documented, Van Panchayats have been created as a response to the people s movement against forest reservation at the beginning of the 20th century. The concept of Forest Protection Committees under Joint Forest Management in India has recently emerged in response to the severe degradation of forest resources and the persistent conflicts and movements against the State. The paper goes on to explain the evolution, management systems and effectiveness of these institutions along with the issues they are confronted with in the management and protection of forest resources. World Development Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 2153–2167, 2002 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z