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Implementing Vessel Monitoring System in India
Posted on 22 Jan, 2011 03:19 PMImplementing Vessel Monitoring System in India
World Water Monitoring Day, 2010 - Neer Foundation organises water testing program in the northern states of India
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 08:17 PMIndia is often referred as “The land of rivers”. For generations India has had a strong tradition of preserving water judiciously. Our forefathers were visionaries who had the wisdom of thinking ahead of future. They anticipated the growing population which would lead to an increased demand for water in the future. Like today we have civil engineers, hydrologists and architects, who have acquired knowledge through lesser known or prestigious Institutions, our ancestors carried with them the same inborn talent to preserve water, that too without any formal degrees. They were people of intellect and had great sense of developing natural water resources. In a total of about 6.5 lakh villages of the country, approximately 50 lakh ponds and other similar structures exist. Unfortunately, during the past two decades the water quality has deteriorated at a rapid pace. One of the major reasons for this is the untreated waste water reaching the water sources, turning them to be a dirty drain. The Ganga and the Yamuna, the two most sacred rivers of our country are no exception to it. This has been achieved though an association with the World Water Monitoring Day program last year.
Towards adopting nanotechnology in irrigation: Micro irrigation systems
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 07:36 PMIndia is predominantly an agricultural country and even with current orientation towards services, still agriculture contributes ¼th of total GDP of the country, 15 percent of total export and 65 % of total population’s livelihood.
TH!NK5:Water Competition has been officially launched!
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 06:59 PMForwarded to the portal by: Hanna McLean
Video Editor needed for 2-3 month project at Digital Empowerment Foundation
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 06:42 PMForwarded to the portal by - Mahima Kaul
The Digital Empowerment Foundation is working on a resource portal called the Digital Knowledge Commission (DKC) which will house information, including videos, about rural projects that use Information & Communication Technologies. For this, we need an in-house editor who can use FCP and is very good (read: efficient) but most of all, has an interest in some kind of development work, so that the videos are edited beautifully.
National disaster management guidelines - Management of floods (2008)
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 06:35 PMThese guidelines aim at minimising vulnerability to floods and consequent loss of lives, livelihood systems, property and damage to infrastructure and public utilities due to disasters such as floods.
2011 World Water Week Calls for Abstracts and Proposals
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 05:39 PMContent and Image Courtesy: World Water Week
World Water Week is hosted and organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. The World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues since 1991.
Conference on values and practices that promote food sovereignty in the context of climate change, Pipal Tree, 16 - 19 February 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 05:22 PMOrganizer: Pipal Tree
Venue: Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore, India
Towards ruin: Regularisation rather than regulation has become the norm in our coastal policy at present, which is actively undoing one of India’s most significant environmental regulations - Claude Alvares
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 03:58 PMMV River Princess Stranded for 10 years now, the grounded ship has been wreaking ecological havoc on Candolim beach in Goa
Indira Gandhi’s concerns about protecting the ecology of India’s coasts, which held sway for almost 20 years, are being subverted under a regime supervised by her daughter-in-law and grandson.
India’s groundwater challenge and the way forward - Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 20 Jan, 2011 07:01 PMIt warns that groundwater quantity as well as quality are the two major problems that the country has been facing.
The rate of withdrawal of groundwater has reached “unsafe” levels in 31% of the districts, covering 33% of the land area and 35% of the population. The situation has dramatically worsened within a short span of nine years, between the assessments done in 1995 and 2004.
Taking the quantitative and qualitative aspects together, data indicates that a total of 347 districts (59% of all districts in India) are vulnerable in terms of safe drinking water in India. This is a matter of serious concern, requiring a new approach.