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"The Environment Resource Unit of CSE, one of the premier documentation units of its kind in South Asia, brings you a 4-day training program (August 21-24, 2007) on Information Management in the digital age - a hand-on programme on how to better manage information resources in your own organisation."

Prof. Saifuddin Soz, the Union Minister of Water Resources has written to Chief Ministers drawing their attention to some of the important issues related to water resources, viz.

Its being conducted by Ecosan Services Foundation at Nashik, Maharashtra. More details at their site, click on the image to go there.

The Crossing Boundaries Project of the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) is currently in the process of preparing a Reader on "Role of Civil Society in Water Governance in South Asia"

India Water Portal has partnered with VOICES and BIRD-K to produce and broadcast a set of radio programs on rainwater harvesting.The programs are in Kannada and target audience is people of Tumkur district, though the programs can be heard over a much wider reach including Bangalore.

Just back from a trip home (Chhattisgarh).

This is a snippet from Dinesh Kr. Mishra's book "Living With the Politics of Floods: The Mystery of Flood Control".

The May-June issue of "Dams, Rivers and People" is out and available here.

(Image is from the Sage Publications webpage listed below)

TOWARDS WATER WISDOM

Limits, Justice, Harmony
RAMASWAMY R IYER : Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi