Political
International conclave on climate change by Engineering Staff College of India, 12th to 14th October 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 12:47 PMClean Energy & Energy Security
Organizer: Engineering Staff College of India
Venue: Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited, Hyderabad
Alkaline soils: Characteristics and treatment - Ramnaresh
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 12:33 PMक्षारीय मृदाओं के लक्षण तथा सुधार
2nd training course on rain water harvesting, Indian Water Works Association, 9th & 10th April 2011, Mumbai
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 11:52 AMOrganizer: Indian Water Works Association
Venue: Conference hall, IWWA head quarters building, Mumbai
Screening of "Nero's Guests" followed by talk by P. Sainath, Vikalp Bengaluru, 3rd March, 2011, IISc Campus, Bangalore
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 10:55 AMOrganizers:
- Vikalp Bengaluru
- maraa
- CONCERN
Venue: Satish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Sadashivnagar, Bangalore
Water consumption by forests - Chetan Pandit
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 09:49 AMToday is 22 February, 10 days afterwards, and there is not a single reply to it.
Aga Khan Foundation is looking for State Programme Manager, Bihar - Apply by 7th March 2011
Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 05:44 PMAga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, non-denominational development agency, established by His Highness the Aga Khan in Switzerland in 1967. In India, AKF has been working since 1973 in four thematic areas: Health, Education, Rural Development and Civil Society. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is implementing a Multi Input Area Development (MIAD) programme in the state of Bihar. The programme aims to improve the quality of life of marginalized communities by addressing their multi-faceted poverty through a multi-year and multi-sector approach.
Distance Learning Program on “Science and Policy of Climate Change” - 8th April to 8th June, 2011 by TERI, IGES, TDLC
Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 11:55 AMResponding to increasing concerns over climate change, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) have jointly developed an eight-week blended distance learning program on “Science and Policy of Climate Change”. This will be conducted for Asia-Pacific region from 8th April to 8th June, 2011.
Volunteers required for vigilance in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) forest region, on MahaShivratri, 2nd March 2011
Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 11:37 AMLike every year a vigil will be kept by various individual volunteers, NGOs along with Forest Department (FD) at forest areas falling in Mulund, Thane, Borivali for Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) & Vasai region for Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWLS). As you may be aware during MahaShivratri day, people enter from different directions to visit the temples around these forests. Some get inside the forests to gamble, drink, roam about, also deliberately put fire... while doing so the wildlife gets disturbed, forest fires occur, litter is spread all around, etc. Every year vigil has reduced all this to a great extent.
Steps to create awareness about rainwater harvesting and encouragement to states for implementation of rainwater harvesting projects - PIB release
Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 10:41 AMGiving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on the average annual rainfall and rainwater harvesting, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources, said that rain water is harvested through surface storages and recharge of ground water.The total storage capacity created through major and medium projects is around 225 BCM. The data on quantum of rainwater harvested through groundwater recharging is 433 BCM. Ministry of Water Resources does not maintain the data on quantum of water harvested due to manmade structures separately.It is estimated that the water utilized in 2010 is about 681 BCM.
A map of World Water Day 2011 events across India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 04:09 PMWelcome to the World Water Day Events 2011.