India
Training course: Gravity Pipe Networks (GPNs) using EPANET
Posted on 21 Feb, 2022 03:48 PMAbout the course:
Meandering and babbling natural streams and springs through hills offer a beautiful scenery. But the same could also be a source of despair for the tribal farmers in the neighborhoods, if their crops wither due to lack of life-saving irrigation water.
National (rural) WASH Conclave 2022
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 06:02 PMThe National WASH Conclave 2022 with the theme – “WASH Forward: Advancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Panchayats” is aimed at bringing Government and all sector players on a platform to deliberate, reflect, share and learn from experiences on effective delivery of WASH services by Panchayats including ways to improve resilience to future
India now has 49 Ramsar sites, highest in South Asia
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 08:03 AMRamsar has designated two more wetlands in India, bringing the total to 49
Revival of a tribal practice for water resource development
Posted on 15 Feb, 2022 09:00 AMThere are over 705 ethnic groups, which are recognized as Scheduled Tribes in India (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2020). These groups have their own unique Gods, beliefs, rituals, practices, and social systems.
Collaboration and collective impact - for just and sustainable climate action
Posted on 13 Feb, 2022 04:48 AMThe climate crisis is everyone's crisis and solutions are multidimensional. Different players need to embrace the inter-connected, dynamic, and emergent nature of our systems.
87% of India's districts vulnerable to droughts: IMD
Posted on 10 Feb, 2022 06:31 PMIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) has recently come up with a ‘Climate hazards and vulnerability atlas of India’ which provides districts maps on hazard events and vulnerability for all the calendar months and at annual scale in India.
Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority
Posted on 10 Feb, 2022 02:05 AMWater, sanitation and hygiene, which are major determinants of health and nutrition levels, have gained substantial visibility during the last two years because of the pandemic.
Women and men’s differentiated vulnerability to disasters
Posted on 06 Feb, 2022 10:28 PMExposure to disaster risk is often dictated by social constructs such as gender, class, race, sexual orientation, etc. The overlap and interconnectedness of these constructs are known as ‘intersectionality’.
Invest in organic and natural farming
Posted on 03 Feb, 2022 01:33 PMCentre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) new report ‘Evidence (2004-20) on holistic benefits of organic and natural farming in India: Evidence (2004-20)
Social inclusion and behaviour change key to wetlands action for people and nature
Posted on 03 Feb, 2022 11:07 AMMarking the first World Wetlands Day (WWD) since official recognition at the United Nations, Wetlands International South Asia celebrated the global event in the form of a public webinar on the theme ‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature’. The webinar was attended by over 120 participants from all across India and abroad and was also live-streamed.