Climate and Weather
Water and its quality in ancient encyclopedias of Karnataka - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 06:40 PMThe author looks at three ancient Kannada and Sanskrit texts - Lokoparam, Manasollasa, Shivatattvaratnakara. All these texts were written between the 12th and 18th century. These texts record hydrological data ranging from cloud formation to traditional methods of preserving potable water.
Regenerating natural resources and rural livelihoods in rainfed areas of India: A civil society consultation by WASSAN to discuss priorities for the twelfth five year plan
Posted on 26 Jan, 2011 09:13 PMA civil society consultation was held on “Regenerating natural resources and rural livelihoods in rainfed areas of India” by WASSAN at Hyderabad in December 2010 to discuss priorities for the twelfth five year plan. The Planning Commission, Government of India has been steering the process of development in India by conceptualizing five year plans and had sought inputs from civil society organizations, activists groups, networks of CBOs / NGOs, donors and others for preparing an approach paper for twelfth plan.
The objective of the consultation workshop was to contribute to the process of defining broad contours of twelfth plan with a focus on rural livelihoods the thrust area being policy framework, funding support, institutional arrangements etc., by -
- Consolidating the lessons from good practices in promoting and protecting rural livelihoods in the country, that could be integrated in twelfth five year plan.
- Systematically articulating issues and concerns (bottlenecks) in promoting and protecting rural livelihoods, which could be addressed in the twelfth five year plan.
Annual International Water Convention, India Water Forum (IWF) 2011, 13th - 15th April 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 25 Jan, 2011 01:25 PMOrganizer: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Theme:
- Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities
Geo-hydrological studies for augmentation of spring discharge in the Western Himalaya – Final technical report by the MOWR
Posted on 23 Jan, 2011 04:39 PMIt is an attempt to understand the effect of rainfall, physiography, lithology, slope and aspect, land use practices, vegetation, altitude, soil type and anthropogenic interference (e.g., road construction and settlement etc.) and other characteristics in the spring recharge zone on the water yield and water quality of the selected springs in the mid-altitudinal belt (lesser Himalaya) in western Himalaya (Uttaranchal).
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
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
Sustainable water management initiatives in Konkan under threat - A report
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 02:09 PMGuest Post by: Parineeta Dandekar
At the first sight, Daarche Paani (‘water at the doors’) appears unreal.. on a small flat plateau called ‘Sadaa’ in konkan, an elegant cobbled walkway leads a puzzled visitor to stairs carved in stone, which go down to an ancient grove, and here is an intricate system of tanks, channels and falls which supplies water to the Panderi village and goes down as a free flowing stream, to irrigate a plantation of arecanut, pepper and mangoes in a village called Gudaghe. When I visited the place, I could see three eminent visitors, a silent lady washing her load of clothes, a fairy bluebird splashing at a tank and a huge moonmoth in one of the trees.
Stone walkway and ancient mango trees leading to Daarche Paani.
Photo: Parineeta Dandekar
Heavy Rains in Sri Lanka - Update from Earth Observatory
Posted on 20 Jan, 2011 01:48 PMSri Lanka’s government stated that the death toll from flooding had risen to 13, and officials were arranging food drops to hardest-hit areas in the east.
India s groundwater challenges and the way forward
Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 11:42 PMIndia’s Groundwater Challenge and the Way Forward
P S Vijay Shankar , Himanshu Kulkarni , Sunderrajan Krishnan
The groundwater crisis is acquiring alarming proportions in many parts of the country. Strategies to respond to groundwater overuse and deteriorating water quality must be based on a new approach involving typologising the resource problems and redefining the institutional structure governing groundwater. This approach is based on the notion of groundwater as common property.