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India Water Portal is looking for content writers and publishers, based anywhere in India - Apply by 15 March 2012
Posted on 20 Feb, 2012 10:09 PMThe India Water Portal is an open, inclusive web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of practitioners and citizens who have worked on water issues and themes, and use the internet to disseminate this information and knowledge, to a wider audience.
The Portal effort has grown significantly since its launch in 2007, and we are now looking for more people to join and help us expand our work.
Title of the position
Content writer / publisher - India Water Portal.
Nature of position
The position is on a part-time, consultancy basis, working from home. You must be able to put in at least 30 hours of work every week (120 hours a month). Work timings within the day are flexible.
After a 3-month induction period, your appointment will be confirmed for one year, and can be extended.
India Water Portal is looking for editors, based in East and North-east India - Apply by 15 March 2012
Posted on 20 Feb, 2012 08:27 PMThe India Water Portal is an open, inclusive web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. The Portal effort has grown significantly since its launch in 2007, and we are now looking for more people to join and help us expand our work.
Title of the position
Editor - India Water Portal.
Nature of position
The position is on a part-time, consultancy basis, working from home. You must be able to put in at least 25 hours of work every week (100 hours a month). Work timings within the day are flexible.
After a 3-month induction period, your appointment will be confirmed for one year, and can be extended.
Certificate course on the Agenda for Survival, CSE, AAGC, June 1- 30, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 20 Feb, 2012 09:50 AMOrganizer: Centre for Science & Environment (CSE),
Anil Agarwal Green College (AAGC)
Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College
38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
New Delhi–110062
Description:
This interdisciplinary month-long summer certificate course allows Indian participants to understand and critically evaluate issues that lie at the interface of environment & development; poverty; democracy, equity & justice.
International Conference on RDEIA- IACM 2012, CSIR, NEERI, March 28-30, 2012, Nagpur
Posted on 20 Feb, 2012 08:50 AMOrganizer: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR),
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Venue: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,
Nehru Marg,
Nagpur 440 020
Description:
International Conference on Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Integrated Approach for Carbon Management – Solutions, Technology Developments and Pollution Abatement (RDEIA-IACM 2012) will bring together the Indian and International R&D professionals and workers in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Science and Engineering, Green Chemistry and Green Technologies related to recent advances in Carbon Chemistry and to discuss new and exciting achievements in this field.
Impacts of climate change on public health in India - Future research directions - Paper published in Environmental Health Perspectives
Posted on 19 Feb, 2012 11:00 PMThis paper published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives reviews the current state of the science relevant to the 2009 Joint Indo–U.S. Workshop on Climate Change and Health that was held in Goa, India, and, then discusses the observed relationships between climate variability and human health specifically in relation to the Indian subcontinent, highlighting future research directions.
The paper briefly summarises relevant literature on the impacts of climate change in India and touches upon the opportunities and significant challenges associated with designing, initiating, and conducting research, as well as pursuing related public health programming to improve public health infrastructure in the face of climate change. The paper argues that such research is needed to pave the way for unique and pioneering solutions that can improve public health in the face of increasing climate variability.
Towards greener development: EIA sector specific manuals brought out by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Posted on 19 Feb, 2012 07:20 PMThese manuals are aimed at expert appraisal committees, and hope to improve the quality of appraisal of projects. These will also provide a template for use by organisations and consultants developing the EIA reports.
Understanding governance in WASH sector in Andhra Pradesh - A study by WASSAN
Posted on 18 Feb, 2012 03:38 PMProblems in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector have their roots in socio-political issues rather than in technology. This paper presents the report of a survey in 107 villages in rural Andhra Pradesh to illustrate the influence of governance systems.
Social exclusion in watershed development: Evidence from the Indo-German watershed development project in Maharashtra - A LEAD paper
Posted on 18 Feb, 2012 03:08 PMMarginalized communities are excluded from a say in the creation of policies.
Climate change risk - An adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities - A paper published in the journal Environment and Urbanisation
Posted on 18 Feb, 2012 01:33 PMThe paper dwells on the likely changes that climate change is expected to bring in temperature, precipitation and extreme rainfall, drought, river and inland flooding, storms/storm surges/coastal flooding, sea-level rise and environmental health risks, and who within urban populations will be at risk.
Training in EPANET, The Community Engineers
Posted on 18 Feb, 2012 09:31 AMOrganizer: The Community Engineers (TCE)
Description:
Trainees will be provided with the EPANET 2.0 software, Handouts and EPANET Manual. TCE has carried out several training in Water Supply Distribution Modelling using EPANET across India.