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Model Groundwater Bill lays responsibility for protecting the resource from contamination primarily with the states concerned - Roundup of the week’s news (March 11- March 17, 2013)
Posted on 18 Mar, 2013 05:23 PMthe drought situation in Maharashtra, the traditional rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan. Besides this, the news also includes reports on the campaign to save the Loktak lake in Assam and mangroves in Sundarbans, the water supply schemes in Kerala and the dropping of groundwater levels in India
New bill to control groundwater exploitation
Aaranyak is looking for a Research Assistant for their Water, Climate & Hazard (WATCH) Programme in the Eastern Brahmaputra basin - Apply by February 10, 2013
Posted on 08 Feb, 2013 09:46 AM
Duration
14 months (February, 2013 –March, 2014)
About Aaranyak
Aaranyak (A Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of India) is a frontline environmental organization of India based at Guwahati, Assam. It works all over the eastern Himalayan region on nature conservation, natural resources management, climate change, disaster management and livelihood enhancement of marginalized communities through research and advocacy.
Aaranyak wants to engage one ‘Research Assistant’ in a project on ‘Reducing flood risk by providing early warning and community based flood management planning in Eastern Brahmaputra basin, India’ being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Partha J. Das, Head, ‘Water, Climate and Hazard (WATCH) Programme’.
Seminar on urban water management and water security, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Guwahati, March 20, 2013
Posted on 30 Jan, 2013 01:09 PMPolicy dialogue on trans-boundary inland navigation and multi-stakeholder dialogue on floods and flood management, Ecosystems for Life-IUCN, Guwahati, January 10-11, 2013
Posted on 07 Jan, 2013 08:25 AM
Organizers
Consultative workshop on ecosystem-livelihood linkages in the Eastern Brahmaputra river basin, Aaranyak, Guijan, Tinsukia, Assam, December 19-20, 2012
Posted on 14 Dec, 2012 10:15 PM
Venue
Guijan, Tinsukia District, Assam
About Aaranyak
Quality of air, water, wastewater and noise levels in Assam's coal fields - A report by North-Eastern Coalfields, Coal India (2012)
Posted on 28 Nov, 2012 08:03 PMThe report objectives include:
Aaranyak is looking for two research scholars in climate change adaptation studies and NRM & ecosystem services - Apply by November 15, 2012
Posted on 12 Nov, 2012 12:05 AMAbout the organization and position
Aaranyak (A scientific and industrial research organisation of India) wants to engage two research scholars in two of its projects to be conducted under the supervision of Dr. Partha J. Das, Head, ‘Water, Climate and Hazard (WATCH) Programme’.
Aaranyak's mission is to foster conservation of biodiversity in Northeast India through research, environmental education, capacity building and advocacy for legal and policy reform to usher a new era of ecological security.
Job profile
Both the jobs require intensive field work in collaboration with local communities in the eastern Brahmaputra sub-basin comprising mainly eastern parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Candidates who have shown proficiency in their subjects, love to take challenges, can work with communities, are skilled in writing reports in English and explore areas for future research will be preferred.
Annual Health Survey (AHS) bulletins 2010-2011- Data on health aspects of nine states by Ministry of Home Affairs
Posted on 03 Oct, 2012 07:49 PMThis data sheet on health aspects by Ministry of Home Affairs provides district wise (rural and urban) statistics of nine Indian states on the following issues: