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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)
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 11, 2022
Visualizing the Vrishabhavathi river to keep it alive
In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.
Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
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)
September 5, 2022
Rivers of Bengaluru: A map-infographic reflects the rivers’ state
In an attempt to present a perspective on how rivers are used and abused, a map of the Bengaluru rivers illustrate how waste flows through natural river corridors, polluting the rivers and altering their status.
Vrishabhavathi river flow at Thagachguppe Bridge, Kumbalgodu (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Mulla Periyar dam: Safety aspects to save farmers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala
A review of the Mulla Periayr dam
T.Shivaji Rao
Posted on 09 Jan, 2010 01:17 AM

 EXPERTS MUST  HOLD TIMELY DEBATES AND RESOLVE ON  SAFETY OF MULLAPERIYAR DAM TO HELP THE FARMERS ?

Prof.T.Shivaji Rao,
International river festival, 2010 in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 29 Dec, 2009 02:44 PM

People’s Science Institute Calendar 2010- Pictures of the Gori Ganga
2010 calendar of the PSI features Gori Ganga, one of Uttarakhand’s remote and pristine rivers.
Ravi Chopra
Posted on 29 Dec, 2009 12:30 PM

Guest Post by: Ravi Chopra (People’s Science Institute)

I have before me PSI’s new calendar for 2010.  Even at the risk of sounding immodest, I think it is stunning.  I thought that our 2009 calendar on river Ganga could not be topped.  But I think that aesthetically this one is better! A pdf version is attached. 

I would like to urge you to order your copies before they are sold out.  The pricing structure is

In India

(includingpostage)

 Abroad

(including postage)

1 to 49 calendars @ 150 each1 to 9 @ US $ 15 each
50 to 99 calendars @ 125 each10 to 49 @ US $ 12 each
100 or more calendars @ 100 each50 or more @ US $ 10 each

The 2010 calendar features Gori Ganga, one of Uttarakhand’s remote and pristine rivers.  The photographs capture the sun-bathed beauty of the lower valley, the wilderness of the upper catchment and the quietude that comes with the remoteness.  Our dynamic photographers, Devraj Agrawal and Salil Das trekked on foot and pony for four days from Munsiyari to Milam glacier, the source of the river, to bring you some rare and breath-taking photos.

Workshop on pollution abatement in Ganga basin - Need for effective waste water management
A report on the workshop held in Kanpur - Living Ganga Programme
Anshuman Atroley
Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 05:08 PM

Kanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur.
Letter from Rajendra Singh to Jairam Ramesh to withdraw environmental clearance to Athirappilly project
Letter addressed to Jairam Ramesh by Rajendra SInghji on Athirappilly Issue when he visited the river and the dam site
Rajendra SInghji
Posted on 14 Dec, 2009 10:27 AM

Please see the letter addressed to Jairam Ramesh by Rajendra SInghji on Athirappilly Issue when he visited the river and the dam site on the 8th December. To read the letter Click Here.
International River Festival - 2010,Hoshangabad, MP
Posted on 13 Dec, 2009 12:03 PM
The Narmada Samagra is a non-profit-making Association.
Its objective is to gather public and private partners involved i
WIO press release on COP 15- Orissa Farmers’ Agenda for the World Leaders attending COP 15
Withdraw your support from polluting industries, invest in organic agriculture and remunerate us at par with the government and corporate employees.
Ranjan K Panda
Posted on 08 Dec, 2009 03:23 PM

Sambalpur, 7th December 2009 - The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5) begins today, just a day after the Orissa Legislative Assembly’s current session was wrapped up in a hush half way through.  The otherwise strong and majority government of Orissa has been i
Speakers and presentations at the IWMI : Bharat Sharma speaks on the use of GIS for estimating basin level water productivity
An amalgamation of the presentations and discussions at the IWMI on water productivity
Sachin Tewari
Posted on 07 Dec, 2009 02:25 AM

 

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Curious case of Ganga Action Plan
An in depth analysis on the Ganga Action Plan
Suresh Babu
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 06:40 PM

The news is out. On December 2, 2009, Government of India announced its plans of taking a loan to clean the Ganga. This time around the World Bank is extending Rs $1 billion [Rs 4500 crore] loan to India.
Water Evaluation And Planning(WEAP) in the Indus and Ganges basin
An evaluation on the water evaluation and planning in the Indus and Gangetic basin
Sachin Tewari
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 11:57 AM

This couldn't have been more relevant to the conversation that we are having here.
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