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Understanding disaster risks as a systemic construct

Disaster risk governance: Recipe to effective disaster risk management in times of COVID-19

Countries are engaged in empowering communities to adapt to the new normal (Image: Pixabay)

Women at the frontline of climate change adaptation

Women make strides in mainstreaming climate adaptation approaches on the ground

Kalyani Dash works with 150 households in the village directly and trains them on chemical-free farming techniques, water secure crop production, efficient water use in agriculture for a sustainable farming future as well as kitchen and nutrition gardening. (Image: FES)

कोहराम मचाता बादल आखिर फट ही गया

2.5 एकड़ जमीन से दस-बारह लाख रु. की सालाना आमदनी!

Delhi, sinking?

Rampant groundwater extraction in some areas of Delhi is leading to a dangerous fall in groundwater levels and increasing the risk of land subsidence, making the city prone to floods and water logging.

The rapidly urbanisisng Delhi (Image Source: Lokantha at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons)

Pharma antibiotics polluting Indian rivers, says Toxics Link study

The locations where antibiotic residues are detected are not necessarily in close proximity to major pharmaceutical industrial hubs

Antibiotic residues in rivers can worsen the problem of antimicrobial resistance (Image: PxHere; CC-0)

बाढ़ आपदा क्या है, बाढ़ आने के कारण और उपाय ( What is a flood disaster, causes of floods and measures to prevent floods)

बाढ़ प्रभावित क्षेत्र, साभार - यान्गशु मोहक, orfonline.org

होली पर विशेष: कैसे होली पर बचाएँ पानी और जंगल

इस तरह घर में भी फूल और पत्तियों से बना सकते है रंग

Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management

To successfully implement PGWM, there is a need to understand groundwater science from a community perspective.

Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT) is a professional voluntary organization based at in the arid region of Kutch. One of its core areas of work is the implementation of innovative projects like community aquifer management. (Image: Vikalp Sangam)

ऐसे घर बैठे बनाएं रंग,खेले ईको फ्रेंडली होली

<i>इको फ्रैंडली होली,फोटो:इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल, फ्लिकर ) </i>

इस बार पर्यावरण के अनुकूल ऐसे मनाये होली

पर्यावरण के अनुकूल होली,फोटो:इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल, फ्लिकर

The tale of two disasters: Role of science communication for disaster risk reduction

Comparing two incidents of flash floods in the Garhwal region

Aftermath caused by cloud burst and flood in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand (Image: Rahul Dixit, EGU)

Mumbai sets a mitigation goal to achieve net-zero by 2050

World Resources Institute (WRI) India and the C40 Cities network develop Mumbai’s first-ever Climate Action Plan

The MCAP adopts a scientific evidence-based planning approach to mobilize resources and move from planning to implementation of strategic projects (Image: Deepak Gupta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0)

हिमस्खलन आपदा और उससे बचाव के उपाय (Avalanche disaster and its prevention methods in Hindi)

भारत की नदी घाटियाँ: एक परिचय (An Introduction of Indian River System)

Community members pursue common good

An effective partnership between a CSR organization, an implementing NGO, and the community towards protecting a water body

Walkway around pond, with solar lighting (Image: S M Sehgal Foundation)

Impact of climate change on agricultural livelihoods of women

Arthan and JustJobs Network organised a forum to discuss climate change through the lens of gender equality

A pearl millet farmer with part of her harvest (Image: ICRISAT, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Making every drop count: Micro-irrigation for tribal farmers of Gujarat

Subsidies enable tribal farmers to adopt micro-irrigation systems providing them assured irrigation

A key mitigation strategy to deal with water scarcity due to climate change is on-farm management of water using techniques like micro-irrigation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

अमेरिका ने एक हजार बांध तोड़कर नदियों को किया स्वतंत्र

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