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National conference on women-led water management: Strategies towards water sustainability in rural India, IRRAD and UNICEF, November 5-6, 2012, Gurgaon, Haryana, call for papers- Submit by August 31, 2012
Posted on 13 Aug, 2012 01:38 PM

IRRADUNICEF

Organisers: Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) and UNICEF

Venue: S.M. Sehgal Foundation Auditorium,
                   Sector 44,
                   Gurgaon,  Haryana

IRRAD is an initiative of the S M Sehgal Foundation, registered as a Trust since 1999 to further the wellbeing of rural communities in India. IRRAD directly engages with communities, implements Integrated Sustainable Village Development in select village clusters and promotes citizen participation in rural governance combined with sustainable development solutions.

A workshop on the impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on ecology and people in Karnataka organised by Prakruti, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) and Save Western Ghats Movement
This article describes the details of a two day workshop on Impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on communities and ecology in Karnataka Posted on 10 Aug, 2012 12:22 PM

On the 4th and 5th of August 2012, Civil Society Organisations Prakruti, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) and Save Western Ghats Movement organised a two day workshop on Impacts of Mini Hydel Projects (MHPs) on Communities and Ecology in Karnataka, with a main objective to give voice to the numerous unrecorded impacts a

Training program on 'Decentralised Wastewater Wastewater Treatment & Reuse' at CSE, September 13-15, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Aug, 2012 11:39 AM

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Venue:   Anil Aggrawal Green College 
                   Centre for Science and Environment, 
                    38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital)
                    New Delhi

CSE

Water Privatisation-Commercialisation Resistance Committee's planning meeting, August 16, 2012, Society for promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi
Posted on 09 Aug, 2012 07:11 PM

Organiser: Water Privitization-Commercialization Resistance Committee

Venue: 5th Floor
                  Society for promotion of Wastelands Development
                  14 A Vishnu Digamber Marg
                  New Delhi 110002

5 days training programme on Sustainable Community Based Sanitation, CDD Society, Bangalore, October 2012
Posted on 07 Aug, 2012 10:07 AM

Organiser: Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS), Bangalore 

CDD

Water crisis management under changing climate, Gugly Centre for Biological Research, November 16-17, 2012, Bhubaneswar-Call for papers, submit by August 20, 2012
Posted on 06 Aug, 2012 06:36 PM

Organiser: Gugly Centre for Biological Research

Venue
Gugly Centre for Biological Research,
Plot No. L-IV-146, 
Dumuduma H. B. Colony
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

GCBR

The Gugly Centre for Biological Research (GCBR) is one of the front line organization facilitating Biological and Environmental research in the state of Odisha. The online readers enjoy browsing various segments of GCBR that encompasses a holistic approach to identified areas of activity. Climate and Atmospheric science, Agriculture and Natural resources, Bioethics, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cell biology, Cognitive Science, Ecology, Environmental Studies, Genetics, Immunology, microbiology, Molecular Biology, Aquatic Science, Environmental Auditing, Budgeting and Legislation and above all integrated farming systems are some of the areas of interest.

Living rivers, dying rivers: Rivers of Gujarat
The ninth lecture in the series titled "Living rivers, dying rivers" was on the rivers of Gujarat, their many variations and contradictions, by Himanshu Thakkar, (SANDRP). Posted on 04 Aug, 2012 08:38 PM

Introduction

Sabarmati riverfront (Source: Wikipedia)
Living rivers, dying rivers: River Godavari
The tenth lecture in the series titled 'Living rivers, dying rivers' was on the rivers of Andhra Pradesh, by R Uma Maheshwari, a historian and freelance journalist. Posted on 04 Aug, 2012 08:52 AM

The lecture dealt with 'Perceptions of a river, life and the idea of floods in politics and commerce', with the metaphor of control over rivers dating back to the times of Sir Arthur Cotton, who built the Dowlaiswaram anicut on the Godavari in 1863.

Godavari river (Source: Wikepedia)
Is mitigation of climate change in agriculture necessary ? - A lecture by Dr Eva Wollenberg, CCAFS at IARI, New Delhi
This article by Amita Bhaduri provides the details of a lecture by Dr. Eva ‘Lini’ Wollenberg, on climate change mitigation and its relevance for the agricultural sector Posted on 03 Aug, 2012 08:32 AM

India like many other developing countries has focused its agricultural policies on increasing agricultural production to meet food security.

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