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Mitigation and remedy of groundwater arsenic menace in India: A vision document by NIH and CGWB (2010)
Posted on 10 Dec, 2010 11:52 PMThis document, an outcome of the joint efforts of NIH and CGWB gives a detailed outline emphasizing the gaps, focal areas of research, immediate measures to be taken up to provide arsenic safe potable water to the people in the arsenic vulnerable areas, other activities to be initiated for attaining a logical conclusion of the arsenic problem and also to develop a roadmap delineating as to how the suggested activities could be initiated, coordinated, undertaken, including framing out a budget estimate to fulfill those activities.
The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules by Ministry of Environment and Forests (2010)
Posted on 10 Dec, 2010 07:27 AMThe Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules was notified in December 2010 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to ensure better conservation and management and to prevent degradation of existing wetlands in India. Wetlands are critical for human development and wellbeing, especially in India where a large number of people are dependent on them for drinking water, food and livelihood. Despite their immense importance, wetlands are one of the most degraded ecosystems globally.
Farm Innovators – A compilation by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (2010)
Posted on 09 Dec, 2010 09:23 PMThis publication by ICAR on “Farm Innovators-2010” brings in a paradigm shift towards participatory technology development. Apart from innovations and scientific package of practices developed and transferred from R&D institutes, innovations in the form of grassroot level technologies and methodologies developed by some of the innovative farmers and rural youth have also been accepted across the system.
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Newsletter for December 2010 : "82% rural India still lacks basic amenities"
Posted on 09 Dec, 2010 02:02 PMArticle and Image Courtesy: Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).
Wildlife Wetlands Photography Contest & Young Environmentalists Programme
Posted on 09 Dec, 2010 10:48 AMWildlife Wetlands Photography Contest by WWF & Young Environmentalists Programme in association with Meluha-The Ferns ecotel, Hiranandani Gardens Powai, Mumbai-400076 on 2nd February 2011.
World Wetlands Day Photography Submissions
A brand new photography international competition is here, the WWF & YEPT in association with Meluha-The Ferns ecotel awards celebrates and recognizes the talents of photographers of all nationalities highlighting the great wealth and diversity of wetlands and wildlife on Planet Earth.
Preparation of a strategic plan for rural drinking water sector - DDWS discussion paper
Posted on 08 Dec, 2010 08:29 PMThis document is a discussion paper for the preparation of the strategic plan for the rural drinking water sector by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS).
India - Water resources management sector review - World Bank (1998)
Posted on 08 Dec, 2010 05:20 PMThis background report on Rural Water Supply and Sanitation by the World Bank, as a part of the Water Resources Management sector review, dwells on the policy and constraints of this sector, institutional and financial issues related to sector reform process and advocates an approach/plan to bring about radical reforms in the sector.
Water Jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated December 08, 2010
Posted on 08 Dec, 2010 02:35 PMContent Courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
- PHED Consultant, Gwalior (Specialist in Rural Drinking Water Programme & Water Quality)
UNICEF MP/Ma-Foi
Degraded and wastelands of India - Status and spatial distribution
Posted on 07 Dec, 2010 10:16 PMThis book by NAAS and ICAR builds-on and integrates work done by different institutes of the ICAR and the Department of Space in the area of degraded and wastelands in India. NRSA had already published the state level and country level information earlier. In addition, the nature and causes of the land degradation, and the degree and extent of damaged lands needed to be determined, so that appropriate management strategies could be designed and implemented in a defined time-frame to bring these lands to ‘productive health’.
Community participation in ground water management
Posted on 07 Dec, 2010 12:29 PMKnowledge of ground water monitoring is pre-requisite for sustainable management of ground water in an area. Water level monitoring as well as understanding about its quality need to be exercised at community level enabling them to take decision on common resource.