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Mining havoc: Impact of mining on water resources in Goa - Article from Dams, Rivers and People

Goa's valiant fighter against illegal mines, Ramesh Gauns shares the horrifying impacts of mines on rivers, groundwater and streams in Goa. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Urgent solidarity appeal for victims of eviction of 15 families from Lamphelpat wetlands in Manipur, NE India on 6 June 2011

On 6 June 2011, 15 houses of Yaipha Leikai were destroyed by Manipur Police under the orders of the Government of Manipur to evict the villagers for the NIT complex at Lamphelpat wetlands. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

"Pocketful of forests" - Legal debates around compensation and valuation of forest loss in India - A new publication by Kalpavriksh (2011)

This book is valuable for those interested in matters of forest conservation and forest governance content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Water crisis and water chaos in Punjab - An article by Umendra Dutt, Kheti Virasat Mission

This article talks of the water crisis in Punjab, which is leading to protests and conflicts among villages content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Soil biotechnology installation and water interventions at ACCEPT Society, Bangalore - Videos by Arghyam

This film describes various water related interventions at ACCEPT which are taking it towards water self-sufficiency. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Threat of toxic residue leaks in Orissa, India in 2011 - Urgent action requested by Amnesty International

Help protect 4000 families from Vedanta's pollution. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

"Upscaling innovative technologies" - Invites opinions and insights by 26 June 2011 as part of the 12th Five Year Plan sub group consultations, on increasing system of rice Intensification (SRI)

On behalf of the Planning Commission, we would like to seek your opinions and insights on upscaling of SRI. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Forget Prometheus and remember Bhagiratha: Wrong and right thinking about rivers ' - Shri Ramaswamy Iyer s lecture at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (June 2011)

One of the foremost experts on water management in India Shri. Ramaswamy R. Iyer shares his view on Wrong and Right Thinking about our Rivers. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Where our rivers begin - Water literacy for urban India

For the people interested in water supply to Bangalore a must visit is the Channakesava Hills abutting the Nandi hills and part of the range. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Consultation meeting with Panchayati Raj Institution representatives on review of the National Water Policy

Our National Water Policy should be truly a National Policy says Shri Salman Khurshid. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

"Climate change" - Understanding the connections with energy use, and how India's galloping economic growth and insatiable appetite for energy can be balanced with environmental security?

This June 2006 issue of Agenda looks at some of the issues governing climate change and power production. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

"Battles over land" - Land as commodity and land for livelihoods - Special issue from Infochange

All over India, the battle lines are drawn between land as commodity and land for livelihoods. How much agricultural land is actually transitioning to non-agricultural use? content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Union Cabinet approves amendment to Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 in 2011

The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of Damodar Valley Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2011 content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Managing shallow aquifers in a city

BWSSB must take a hard look at its cross-subsidisation and tariff policy and provide incentives for good practices. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

MoEF signs three agreements with World Bank for cleaning Ganga and conservation of biodiversity in June 2011

The Government of India and the World Bank signed three agreements to for cleaning Ganga River and to Strengthen Rural Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in India. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Villages in north Bihar sinking in Bagmati's sand - Entire flood control planning needs thorough review - Article by Dinesh Kumar Mishra in d-sector.org

As habitats caught between the embankments in north Bihar are getting buried under the sediments brought in by flood-water, the entire flood control planning needs a thorough review. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Productivity enhancement through up-scaling SRI experiences in Chattisgarh - Brief report of a one-day workshop organised by PRADAN on May 26, 2011

A one day workshop on ‘Productivity Enhancement through Up-scaling SRI Experience in Chhattisgarh’ was organised by PRADAN on May 26, 2011. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

"Every 30 Minutes": Crushed by debt and neoliberal reforms, Indian farmers commit suicide at a staggering rate - A report by CHR&GJ - NYU School of Law - Interview with Democracy Now

A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Baba Ramdev's plan for reviving agriculture in India

Tens of thousands of people had come to Delhi to support the fast of Swami Ramdev that began on 4th June. In the early hours of 5th June (the midnight of June 4/5) content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago

Patkhori's water solutions - A case study from the work of SM Sehgal Foundation in Mewat, Haryana

Patkhori is a village in Mewat District, Haryana, having 646 households and a population of 4000 (IRRAD Demographic Survey 2009). content-team posted 13 years 3 months ago