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Sustainable livelihoods: Beans inter-cropping coupled with farmer enthusiasm help boost farm income in Bejaletti village in Erode district of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 03 Dec, 2012 03:16 PMBreaking away from routine is not an easy task. The case with farmers is no different. Our village of interest, Bejaletti in Erode district, is dominated by Sholigas tribals, where farmers mainly engage in agricultural activity for almost 6-7 months of the year.
Living rivers, dying rivers: Stuffed rivers of Vrishabhavathi-Arkavathi from the Cauvery system
Posted on 02 Dec, 2012 08:16 PMIntroduction
![Narrow flow path of Cauvery, Mekedaatu (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-mekedatu_in_summer.jpg?itok=-wHBF759)
Illegal advertisement boards pose a threat to the Kottooli wetlands in Calicut, Kerala
Posted on 29 Nov, 2012 10:59 AMThe Kottooli wetlands is the largest eco-patch in the Kozhikode city limits. It is interlinked with the man-made Canoly Canal which receives tidal influx from the Kallai and Korapuzha estuaries. The wetland system has been subjected to degradation and loss of biodiversity owing to reclamation, pollution and human intervention, the CWRDM action plan highlights.
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:
Declare Khablir, Bilkanda, Mahispota, Bodai and Talbanda beels in West Bengal as wetlands of national importance: Ground realities and reasons
Posted on 28 Nov, 2012 11:24 AMThe land use pattern of the area in the vicinity of Khablir Beel, Bilkanda, Mahispota and Bodai as seen from Survey of India Topo Sheet 79 B/6 (surveyed in 1958–59 and published in 1973), is predominantly piscicultural and agricultural. The Khardah Khal with its connection to river Hugli (Ganga) is the main source of surface water to this area. Again a Topographical Map prepared by Panihati M
Direct cash transfer of subsidies through Aadhaar card across 15 States from January 1, 2013 - Roundup of the week's news (November 19 to 25, 2012)
Posted on 26 Nov, 2012 09:43 AMDirect cash transfer of subsidies through Aadhaar card
Dams are destroying fisheries and livelihoods – Letter from environmental groups to MoEF on World Fisheries Day, 2012
Posted on 21 Nov, 2012 11:25 AMOver twenty groups and eminent individuals including scientists and member of National Board of Wildlife and National Tiger Conservation Authority have sent a letter (contact SANDRP for a copy) to the Union Ministry of Environment Forests and its Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley and Hydropower projects to take urgent steps for protection of i
Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds - Roundup of news over the last three weeks (October 29 –November 18, 2012)
Posted on 20 Nov, 2012 07:07 PMBangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds
The city is drowning in its own waste with garbage trucks regularly lined up for hours, their burdens putrefying in the afternoon sun. Some neighborhoods have not had trash pickups for nearly three weeks, and vast mounds of garbage are scattered through out the city.
Harvesting and using roof-top rainwater - Part 1
Posted on 18 Nov, 2012 10:37 PMWhy rainwater harvesting ?
Zen and the art of wise water management: Rainwater Club's youtube channel crosses 1 million views !
Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 02:24 PMThose readers who got the insider joke in the title need no introduction to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman.