Ecology and Environment
Healthy soil critical to human health and for achieving SDGs
Posted on 16 Dec, 2022 11:46 AMAlthough India attained self-sufficiency in food production, realising zero hunger, good health, and no poverty remains a challenge.
Assessing the health of river Ganga
Posted on 08 Dec, 2022 07:07 PMDams can bind and gag rivers
Structures such as locks, dams, barrages, and weirs are known to drastically reduce the longitudinal connectivity of rivers, impact downstream flow, and alter riverine ecosystems.
Categorising watersheds for freshwater ecosystem conservation in India
Posted on 25 Nov, 2022 04:20 PMWe invite your feedback and contributions to this article. Please view the maps by clicking the link at the end of the article.
Green nod granted to Centre’s ambitious Rs 72,000 crore project in Greater Nicobar Island
Posted on 17 Nov, 2022 06:02 PMMoEF grants green clearance to multi-development projects in Greater Nicobar Island
India joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27
Posted on 17 Nov, 2022 01:34 PMIndia joins the newly formed Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC)
Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India
Posted on 16 Nov, 2022 10:40 PMSince 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working a
Children demand ecological rights ahead of COP-27
Posted on 06 Nov, 2022 02:38 PMAhead of the Conference on Climate Change COP 27 at Egypt, PRATYeK, a registered organization with UN ECOSOC status, known for its national child led-advocacy initiative NINEISMINE, hosted an online event NO COP OUT on November 4 and 5, along with coalition partner
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
Posted on 30 Oct, 2022 07:19 PMThe accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.
― David Harvey, The Limits to Capital, 2006 [1982]: 418
Young woman's work is impacting Odisha villages
Posted on 28 Oct, 2022 09:06 AMThe sound of a specific cycle bell deep inside the jungles of Kashinathpur village in Angul (Odisha) brings vibes of joy. Everybody recognises that bell because it belongs to 24-year-old Urmila Bahera who sometimes cycles to villages as far as 15 kilometres, braving bumpy roads, streams and elephants.