Political
The what, why and how of environmental flows: Presentations made during an IUCN training programme in Kathmandu, 2011
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 01:42 PMBagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal (Photo: IUCN\Stefano Barchiesi)
Call for papers: Special issue of Himalayan Studies journal, Shimla, April 30, 2012
Posted on 02 Apr, 2012 02:27 PM
The Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies aims to create an integrated knowledge base and evolve strategies for the development of the Himalayan region and its people through research, academic courses of practical utility and service. The institute has since its inception been moving steadily towards the fulfilment of its mandate.
Ladakh International Film Festival, June 15-17, 2012, Ladakh
Posted on 31 Mar, 2012 10:31 AMOrganizers: LAHDC LEH,
J & K Tourism,
SLC IT,
Inheritance India
Description:
The Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) has received an overwhelming response with entries coming in from across five continents - – North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
4th IDSAsr annual seminar on Water security & Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies, Guru Arjan DevInstitute of Development Studies, November 2-4, 2012, Amritsar
Posted on 30 Mar, 2012 01:35 PMOrganizer: Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies (GADIDS)
Venue: Conference Hall of Guru Nanak Bhawan
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar-143005
Description:
GADIDS, Amritsar has planned to organize its 3rd annual seminar on the theme Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies. Registration is you open for the seminar. You are requested to contribute your well research paper on any of the sub theme of the seminar. Also gave wide publicity to the event.
Supreme Court order in February 27, 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project A statement and an appeal by concerned citizens to think of all the implications
Posted on 29 Mar, 2012 06:37 PMThe full statement is as follows -
We, the signatories to this statement, wish to record our utmost concern at the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment of 27 February 2012 on the Inter-Linking of Rivers Project (ILR), on the following grounds:
Corporatising water: India's draft National Water Policy - A document published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Posted on 21 Mar, 2012 12:17 PMThe document argues that the latest example of this is India’s Draft National Water Policy (NWP) circulated by the Ministry of Water Resources. At first glance, it appears as if the policy has been taking a holistic approach to water resources management, with a clear recognition of India’s water woes.
Society for community Participation and Empowerment invites applications for WATSAN Fellowship, Dharwad - Apply by April 05, 2012
Posted on 21 Mar, 2012 09:56 AM
Society for Community Participation and Empowerment (SCOPE) is a non-government organisation headquartered in Dharwad. SCOPE works on improving NR based livelihoods in the villages, quality of life of the community, including better access to water and sanitation. SCOPE is committed to participatory processes in its development interventions.
Thousands of students across India test groundwater for fluoride on March 22, 2012
Posted on 21 Mar, 2012 09:17 AMNational Conference on Environment and Biodiversity of India (EBI 2012), December 29 - 30, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 20 Mar, 2012 08:17 PMOrganizer: IBSD, Imphal,
IITM, Pune,
Islamic University of Science and Technology, J&K
NECEER Team
Description:
National Conference on Environment and Biodiversity of India, December 29-30, 2012, New Delhi.
Biodiversity Asia 2012, SCB-Asia, ATREE and IISc, August 7-10, 2012, IISc campus, Bangalore
Posted on 20 Mar, 2012 07:24 PMOrganisers: SCB-Asia, ATREE, IISc
Venue: JN Tata Auditorium,
Indian Institute of Science Campus,
Bengaluru
The conference is being co-organized by organizations such as Society for Conservation Biology-Asia Section, (SCB-Asia), Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and several other institutions with the Secretariat housed at ATREE, Bengaluru, India. We will partner with other institutions in India and other countries in Asia to ensure broad participation. We expect 400-500 people to participate.