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December 16, 2022
Healthy soil critical to human health and for achieving SDGs
Soil research must focus both on technology development and implementation
The ability of soils to support soil functions or services is decreasing (Image: Katrin Park/International Food Policy Research Institute)
November 25, 2022
Categorising watersheds for freshwater ecosystem conservation in India
These maps at the watershed scales have been made to not only ensure inclusion of different freshwater ecosystems, their connectivity and hydrological processes, but can also provide a spatial context for conservation decisions.
A stream at Anini, Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Roshni Arora)
November 16, 2022
Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India
Adoption of hybrid solutions - grey and green structures appropriate for resilience building
Healthy wetland ecosystems help in reducing disaster risks and managing climate risks (Image: Pxhere)
October 30, 2022
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
This book by Dr. Mitul Baruah presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This is an excerpt from the book.
Floods are recurrent phenomena in Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)
October 6, 2022
Deteriorating landscapes and threatened ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir
Rapid urbanisation and faulty land use policies are rapidly destroying forests, grasslands and wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir, India and the ecosystem value services they provide. Can these valuable ecosystems be saved?
Deteriorating ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Image Source: tkohli at Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
Colloquium on citizen voices in environmental governance, Public Affaris Centre, August 23-24, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 16 Aug, 2012 09:08 PM

Organiser: Public Affairs Centre

Venue: Bangalore

Green Governance
Wildflife Trust of India (WTI) invites applications for project officer, Noida
Posted on 16 Aug, 2012 02:53 PM

Wildlife Trust of India

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is a non-profit conservation organization, committed to action that prevents destruction of India’s wildlife.
Formed in 1998, WTI today, is tackling a diverse range of issues like emergency relief and conservation orientated activities, in partnership with governments and communities, across India.

You can be saviour of many varieties of different plant, animal and bird species
Farmers over the years have made consistent efforts to domesticate different plant, animal and bird species and conserved thousands of varieties
Ms. Sabarmatee Tiki
Posted on 16 Aug, 2012 10:29 AM

Farmers all over the world have taken thousands of years to domesticate different plant, animal and bird species; developed and conserved thousands of varieties in spite of wars, epidemics, floods, droughts or famines - all kind of disasters. But with due (dis)respect to our ancestors, thousands of species were abandoned/ killed/destroyed (mostly during the last half a century).
Supreme Court’s Order on Tiger Reserve Buffers encourages illegalities - A press release by Future of Conservation Network
The interim order of the Supreme Court on the matter of tourism in core areas of Tiger Reserves, has created a situation of serious illegalities
Future of Conservation Network
Posted on 15 Aug, 2012 08:49 PM

 In their rush to notify buffer areas, which the Court directs should be done within three weeks, state governments are bypassing and violating the processes laid out in the Wild Life Protection Act and the Forest Rights Act. The Amicus Curae (Raj Panjwani) does not seem to be adequately informing the Court on these violations.

Kerala Environment Congress, Centre for Environment and Development, August 16-18, 2012, Thiruvananthapuram
Posted on 14 Aug, 2012 11:04 AM

Organizer: Centre for Environment and Development

Venue:  Centre for Environment and Development,
                    Thozhuvancode,
                    Vattiyoorkavu P.O.,
                    Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Centre for Environment and Development

KEC Centre for Environment and Development (CED) is an independent R&D institution focusing on fields related to environment and development and is the Centre of Excellence of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India for Solid Waste and Waste Water Management. It is also the Regional Resource Agency of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

Traditional fisherfolk of Kerala - An article about their socio-economic organisation and the special relationship they share with the sea and the environment
This article by Aarti Kelkar-Khambete informs of the socioeconomic organisation of the fisherfolk in Kerala and their special relationship with the sea
Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Posted on 13 Aug, 2012 04:04 PM

Fisherfolk form an important community in Kerala, but remain neglected and marginalised inspite of the higher socio-economic progress the state has made as a whole.
A workshop on the impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on ecology and people in Karnataka organised by Prakruti, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) and Save Western Ghats Movement
This article describes the details of a two day workshop on Impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on communities and ecology in Karnataka
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Posted on 10 Aug, 2012 12:22 PM

On the 4th and 5th of August 2012, Civil Society Organisations Prakruti, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) and Save Western Ghats Movement organised a two day workshop on Impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on Communities and Ecology in Karnataka, with a main objective to give voice to the numerous unrecorded impacts a
World Handloom Day August 7, 2012: Promotion of handloom sector should be accompanied by advocacy of environmental conservation
This article argues for the need to encourage sustenance of environmentally friendly handloom base textile production
Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy
Posted on 08 Aug, 2012 10:35 AM

On August 7th, many groups all over the world need to come together and participate in a "World Handloom Day" in their respective countries and states to celebrate the sustenance of handloom-based textile production and asking Governments to be more responsible to the people dependent on such livelihoods.  In Asian Countries, where handloom production is a major econom
Living rivers, dying rivers: River Godavari
The tenth lecture in the series titled 'Living rivers, dying rivers' was on the rivers of Andhra Pradesh, by R Uma Maheshwari, a historian and freelance journalist.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 04 Aug, 2012 08:52 AM

The lecture dealt with 'Perceptions of a river, life and the idea of floods in politics and commerce', with the metaphor of control over rivers dating back to the times of Sir Arthur Cotton, who built the Dowlaiswaram anicut on the Godavari in 1863.

Godavari river (Source: Wikepedia)
Is mitigation of climate change in agriculture necessary ? - A lecture by Dr Eva Wollenberg, CCAFS at IARI, New Delhi
This article by Amita Bhaduri provides the details of a lecture by Dr. Eva ‘Lini’ Wollenberg, on climate change mitigation and its relevance for the agricultural sector
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 03 Aug, 2012 08:32 AM

India like many other developing countries has focused its agricultural policies on increasing agricultural production to meet food security.
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