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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)
ICIMOD wins UNFCCC's award for flood warning system
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:55 AM

ICIMOD wins accolade for its flood warning system
Unsettling flood waters of Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Government to reconsider river interlinking project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:47 AM

Government to scrap river interlinking project, if it will pose threat to environment: Uma Bharti
River Cauvery in Karnataka
A non-violent anti-dam protest wins!
Unity, persistence, and non-violence are but a few lessons that we can learn from the successful Koel Karo anti-dam protest in Jharkhand.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 27 Nov, 2014 10:21 PM

The Koel Karo Jan Sanghatana was awarded the first Bhagirath Award during the India Rivers Week 2014 for protecting the Koel and the Karo rivers.
The Karo dam site at Lohajimi (Jeevan Kuruvilla)
TSR Subramanian Committee equally weighs development and the environment
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 11:36 AM

TSR Subramanian Committee submits report on environmental laws to the Environment Ministry
Mangpong forest in West Bengal
Water Aid launches tool to track Swachh Bharat Mission
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 11:15 AM

An interactive tool to monitor progress of toilet construction launched
Toilet under construction in Karnataka
Environmental clearance to Cuddalore thermal plant quashed
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Nov, 2014 01:41 PM

NGT turns down clearance to Cuddalore thermal plant because of threat to mangroves
A thermal power plant in Korba
Gujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools unreliable: CAG
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Nov, 2014 09:51 PM

Gujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools need investigation: CAG
Girls toilet in a school
Narmada: Sounds of silence along its banks
The Narmada river is being transformed from a free to a 'dammed' one, thanks to the new development projects. The book featured is a compilation of essays on this ancient river.
Gandhi Peace Foundation
Posted on 12 Nov, 2014 10:11 AM

Narmada, a name that translates into ‘One that bestows happiness’ will, in the next 20 years, pass through turbulent times. The question is not of the distance or the journey that this river covers, but the various points at which this ancient river is intercepted by new, modern dams.
River Narmada (Source: Wikipedia)
White, Green and now a ‘Blue Revolution’!
Policy matters this week
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:35 PM

India plans to launch the 'Blue Revolution' to boost fish production
Traditional fisheries in India
Kerala's Ashtamudi lake certified by Marine Stewardship Council
News this week
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:09 PM

Kerala's Ashtamudi lake recognised for sustainable clam fishing
Mussel farm in Ashtamudi lake (Source: Fotokannan)
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