Will India's mega-census leave a mega-footprint?
Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben, Giam, Xingli, and Laurance, William F. (2010) Will India's mega-census leave a mega-footprint? Current Science, 99 (5). p. 556.
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Abstract
[Extract] On 1 April 2010, India launched its mega-census2, which aims to document biometric details of every person aged above 15 years. This mega-census will be the largest registration exercise in human history and will consume 11.63 million tonnes (mt) of paper over the next eleven months. While we do not question its societal benefits, this endeavour undermines India’s ostensible3 transition to high rates of decarbonization.
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