Amita Bhaduri

Access to resources eludes tribals

Water access in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh: Challenges and lessons Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Poor implementation of forest rights act hurts tribals (Image: Citizens for Justice and Peace)

Enabling a just transition in India’s coal district of Korba

Economic restructuring and development intervention will be essential, shows the latest study by iFOREST Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)

Grassroots implementation of Halma

Experiences of a Jhabua based NGO Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Tribals protect a community sacred grove (Image: Manish Vaidya, Hindi Water Portal)

Revival of a tribal practice for water resource development

Collective action for water resource development through Halma Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

The tightly knit tribal society also advocates community action for solving issues (Image: AKRSP)

87% of India's districts vulnerable to droughts: IMD

47% of India’s population is vulnerable to floods, says IMD's Climate Hazards Atlas Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

(Image: J Surya, CC-SA-4.0 International)

Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority

Budget for sanitation sees a decline Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0 Generic)

Women and men’s differentiated vulnerability to disasters

The latest issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the intersectionality of women-led disaster preparedness and resilience Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Woman trying to reach home during Cyclone Aila in 2009 (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)

Invest in organic and natural farming

CSE calls for making organic and natural farming a mass movement Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

The agro-ecological movement has started gaining momentum (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Social inclusion and behaviour change key to wetlands action for people and nature

Need to pursue science-based and inclusive wetlands restoration initiatives Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 8 months ago

Ramsar Site: Kabartal Wetland (Site no. 2436) - Kabartal Wetland, also known as Kanwar Jheel, covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the northern Bihar State. The Site is one of 18 wetlands within an extensive floodplain complex; it floods during the monsoon season to a depth of 1.5 metres. (Image: Credit: Wetlands International South Asia, 2015)

Budget briefs by Accountability Initiative: Highlights from key programmes

MGNREGS: Even after the inclusion of additional funds amounting to Rs. 25,000 crores via supplementary budgets, allocations were 12 per cent less than the previous year's revised estimates Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

A school boy from Tilonia drinks from a tap from a rainwater harvesting tank (Image: Barefoot photographers of Tilonia)

Waghadi Bachao: A call for collective rejuvenation of the river

Working together towards restoring the river’s catchment and drainage lines Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

River flow improved at Jarur since soil and moisture conservation measures along the catchment area were prioritised (Image: FES)

Assam: Technology used to map historical ponds of Darrang

The ponds are home to birds, reptiles and amphibians; study looks at their ecological relevance Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

A ready reckoner on emissions

TERI and EDF develop a detailed air emission inventory Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Smokestacks at a power plant (Image: Flickr/ Nick Humphries)

Planning ahead: How the CRISP-M tool advances early climate action

A mobile and web-based tool that has the potential to increase communities’ resilience to climate change Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

After a successful pilot, the CRISP-M tool is planned to roll out in two districts and seven states in India (Image: CRISP-M animation)

Floodplain wetlands of the Diara region facing degradation

Ganga plays key role in regulating wetland dynamics of the region Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Landscape-specific approaches instead of individual wetland-specific strategies if adopted, might help better interpret the wetland scenario (Image: Mapio)

National and international frameworks vital for implementing nature-based solutions

There is a lack of cohesive regional strategy for implementing nature-based solutions in Asia Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Mangrove ecosystem (Image: Sigit Deni Sasmito/CIFOR)

India State of Forest Report 2021: Key takeaways

India’s forest and tree cover rose by 2,261 sq km in the last 2 years but there was a loss of natural dense forests Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

ISFR 2021 tracked the forest cover in tiger reserves for the first time. Kanha tiger reserve (Image: Aditya Thaokar, Wikimedia Commons)

Systems at breaking point

State of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: The synthesis report 2021 Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Sustainable agricultural practices lead to water saving, soil conservation, sustainable land management, conservation of natural resources, ecosystem and climate change benefits. (Image: Maheshwara, Pixahive)

Book review: Water conflicts and resistance

Issues and challenges in South Asia, a region where water sharing is more than a mere physical allocation of water Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Water conflicts pose a challenge to India's river water governance (Image: sarangib, Pixabay)

Soil arsenic above 14 mg/kg can cause rice to be unsafe for consumption

First meta-analysis utilizing published data from Asian paddy fields on arsenic in rice grain, soil, and irrigation water to determine the relationship between them and to derive a limit of soil arsenic using machine learning algorithms Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 9 months ago

Soil contributes more than irrigation to rice-grain arsenic concentration (Image: Arjun Reddy, Pixabay)