Traditional fishing technologies: Will they survive the onslaught of development and mechanisation?
Age-old skills and techniques used by fisherfolk are under threat, and at the risk of being replaced by modern unsustainable technologies.
Fishing technologies used by the fisherfolk
Doing', rather than 'talking' water
Students at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library were engaged in an interactive session on different aspects of water including learning how much (or little!) water there is for our consumption.
Water poster competition at the NMML session
Uttar Pradesh gears up to tackle climate change
Adequate budget, staff, capacity; a monitoring framework; interdepartmental cooperation - all need to be in place for effective climate change mainstreaming, according to UP officials.
Floods in cities will be increasingly common
Can we reverse the outcomes of climate change for India?
Heat extremes and groundwater scarcity are but two of the impacts of climate change affecting India. Technology, political will, and international cooperation are needed to reverse these impacts.
Droughts and climate change (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Chalakudy river system wins
Latha Anantha was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman for spearheading the campaign to save the Chalakudy river in Kerala, at the recently concluded India Rivers Week.
Latha Anantha (Source: Latha)
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