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Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group: May 12, 7:52pm 1 review india, poverty, children, development, slums
http://www.chintan-india.org/; From the page: "According to some projections, by 2030, not only will 50% of India be urbanized, but along with China, it will also cradle 50% of the worldā€s slums. A special characteristic of the urban Indian dynamic is the work of hundreds of thousands of informal sector waste-recyclers : waste pickers, waste buyers and waste reprocessors. They bear the brunt of a cityā€s consumption and offer it critical recycling services. Given that one of the biggest environmental problems in Indian cities is that of waste and toxics, Chintan approaches these issues as entry points to address concerns of environmental and social justice and environmental governance. Our work is informed by several other ongoing dialogues - the Millennium Development Goals, several international conventions, such as the Stockholm Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Rio Declaration of 1992, which we re-envision in our specific context." A lot more must be done!