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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
October 22, 2022
Employment guarantee during Covid-19
Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh
MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)
October 14, 2022
Lack of data professionals in the impact sector
Arthan organizes a fireside chat to highlight the need for more data talent for social impact
There is a need to integrate data science into the existing education system (Image: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Public Domain Pictures)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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)
July 10, 2022
Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones
The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)
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

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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.

Water has been ignored globally as the engine for green growth, says Joppe Cramwinckel, Director Water, WBCSD
Joppe Cramwinckel talks about the low level of awareness of water as a resource and the current hurdles in solving water related issues.
Aparna Khandelwal
Posted on 15 Aug, 2012 02:06 PM

Article Courtesy :  Sustainability outlook

Author: Aparna Khandelwal

Director Water at World Business Council for Sustainable Development talks about the low levels of awareness in businesses about the importance of water as a resource and the current roadblocks being faced in solving water related challenges.

VII Annual international conference on public policy and management, Centre for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, August 16- 18, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 13 Aug, 2012 05:39 PM

Organiser: Centre for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Venue: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

IIMB

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
Water Privatisation-Commercialisation Resistance Committee's planning meeting, August 16, 2012, Society for promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi
Posted on 09 Aug, 2012 07:11 PM

Organiser: Water Privitization-Commercialization Resistance Committee

Venue: 5th Floor
                  Society for promotion of Wastelands Development
                  14 A Vishnu Digamber Marg
                  New Delhi 110002
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
"MGNREGA Sameeksha 2012": An anthology of research studies on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2006–2012) - A report by the Ministry of Rural Development
This report is an analytical anthology of all major research studies done on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA)
Mihir Shah
Neelakshi Mann
Varad Pande
Posted on 08 Aug, 2012 07:39 AM

This report by Ministry of Rural Development is an analytical anthology of all major research studies done on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) that were published in various academic journals or came out as stand-alone reports.
Role of thermal power plants and coal mining in local area development and addressing regional imbalance - Note by Prayas to Government of Maharashtra
This report highlights the large number of clearances accorded to thermal power plants in the country and their implications for the environment
Prayas Energy Group
Posted on 02 Aug, 2012 05:18 PM

The Prayas Energy Group, Pune had in August 2011, released a report titled “Thermal power plants on the anvil: Implications and need for rationalisation” on the large number of thermal power plants (TPPs) being pro
Share powers with panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir
This article describes the efforts made in Jammu and Kashmir to reintroduce the panchayat system
Shagufta Wani
Posted on 01 Aug, 2012 08:42 PM

A nascent step to bring back democracy firmly put on the ground a year ago by reintroducing the Panchayat System in the state of Jammu & Kashmir after a long wait of over a decade is again being jeopardized by militancy.
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