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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is looking to hire a Communications Specialist for their Knowledge Management and Communication programme - Apply by March 12, 2013
Posted on 17 Feb, 2013 01:54 PMAbout The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
ICIMOD is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Communications and dissemination lie at the heart of ICIMOD’s activities. The Centre publishes a wide range of materials every year to be shared with a diverse range of audiences.
Background
Mountains are important global ecosystems facing especially rapid socioeconomic and environmental changes, particularly the impacts of climate change. Our aim is to influence policy and practices to meet the associated challenges emerging in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Working to deliver impacts in five Regional Programmes across four Thematic Areas – Water and Air; Ecosystem Management; Livelihoods; and Geospatial Solutions – supported by integrated knowledge management, we seek to improve the lives and livelihoods of mountain women and men, now and for the future.
GreenKarbon photography contest Expedition 5, GreenKarbon - Deutsche Bank - Submit entries by February 28, 2013
Posted on 17 Feb, 2013 01:23 PM
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The role of sanitation in girl child education - A documentary film by HEEALS
Posted on 15 Feb, 2013 08:31 PM
The role of sanitation in girl child education - A documentary film by HEEALS
HEEALS is a vibrant civil society organization that aims to safeguard health, environment, education and livelihood to promote sustainable development of society. Through the medium of documentary film and art it is trying to create awareness among the masses about girl child education, menstrual hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water and attempting to relate how girl child education directly suffers due to bad sanitation facilities, unsafe drinking water and lack of knowledge to obtain the same.
Influence of anthropogenic contamination on fluoride concentration in groundwater: A study of Mulbagal town, Kolar district, Karnataka
Posted on 15 Feb, 2013 04:53 PMGroundwater contamination is a serious, but relatively ignored issue in the country. This contamination occurs in either through geogenic or anthropogenic means. Fluoride contamination is one such example of geogenic contamination that is widely found in the Kolar district of Karnataka. However, the fluoride levels in the town of Mulbagal are lower than those in the surroundings. Earlier, a study was conducted on the impact of pit toilets on the groundwater in the area. The present paper investigates the presence of any link between these two phenomena.
Enhancing livelihoods through diversion-based irrigation (DBI) in Odisha: An AJSA initiative
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 10:58 PMCourtesy: Anchalika Jana Seva Anusthan (AJSA), Odisha
A map showing AJSA's area of operation in Odisha
To combat water scarcity and socio-economic deprivation through the effective use of water resources in Dudkarenga and Barbandha villages in Odisha, AJSA launched a Diversion Based Irrigation(DBI) initiative in kalahandi District of Odisha,to bring sustainable livelihood and address food security and climate justice in M.Rampur block of Kalahandi.
Now the DBI systems are providing irrigation to the earlier unirrigated area’s and has become the main source of livelihood to generation of people who have had land. It is also providing wage employment to the landless also.
Corrosion induced oil pipeline leak in Chennai blows lid off two-year-old problem of CPCL pipeline and affects water table
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 10:38 PMAuthor: M Valliappan
Training course on sustainable agriculture - Theory and practice, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad, March 5-9, 2013 - Register by February 20, 2013
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 01:47 PM
Venue
Arnold's Bhavan, Street no-8, Habsiguda, Hyderabad-17
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Population Services International is looking for a General Manager for WASH technical support for their project on supporting sustainable sanitation improvements in Bihar'
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 01:24 PM
Location
Patna, Bihar
About Population Services International
Population Services International is a registered Indian Society dedicated to the improvement of public health in India. PSIIndia’s mission is to empower the people ofIndia to lead healthy lives. What started as a small operation in 1988 has now spread to 22 State andUnionTerritories inIndia. Over the past twenty years, PSI has collaborated with the GoI and a number of donors to increase the use of modern contraception for family planning, to provide products and services for the health of mothers and children and to decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Supporting Sustainable Sanitation Improvements in Bihar
PSI is currently implementing an ambitious 5 year project 3Si – Supporting Sustainable Sanitation Improvements in Biharthrough supply side strengthening, with funding from the BMGF. This project aims to catalyze private sector response to constructing over 500,000 toilets in 8 districts of Bihar.
Seminar on social pressure and sanitation behaviour, 3ie, New Delhi, February 14, 2013
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 12:48 PM
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