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Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance
Posted on 21 Mar, 2022 06:34 PMHill women share a special intricate and culturally nurtured connection to forest and water, making them better stewards or owners of their resources.
![Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/Van%20Panchayat%20Samiti%20discussing%20the%20matters%20related%20to%20forest%20_Photocredit%20Varun%20Raja.jpg?itok=Hd2DrvHo)
Tribals await effective implementation of policies
Posted on 21 Mar, 2022 04:49 PMGujarat is home to 604 lakh people of whom 89 lakh or 15% are Scheduled Tribes (Census of India, 2011). These tribal communities mainly reside in the eastern districts of the state bordering the tribal districts in southern Rajasthan, western Madhya Pradesh, and northern Maharashtra.
![Participants discussing about PIM and Pani Samiti (Water Associations) with local community leaders on a field visit to Pingot Dam (Image: AKRSP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/4.jpg?itok=lt2SO0ic)
Understanding disaster risks as a systemic construct
Posted on 20 Mar, 2022 09:56 AMAgainst the backdrop of human-induced hazards and disaster risks, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) articulates the need for an improved understanding of disaster risk in all its dimensions of exposure, vulnerability, and hazard characteristics as well as the strengthening of disaster risk governance (UNDRR, 2015).
![Countries are engaged in empowering communities to adapt to the new normal (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/pandemic.jpg?itok=xSSfxrkZ)
Women at the frontline of climate change adaptation
Posted on 19 Mar, 2022 04:23 PMKalyani Dash, Soudamini Rout, and Gita Rani Satpathy are three women from Odisha w
![Kalyani Dash works with 150 households in the village directly and trains them on chemical-free farming techniques, water secure crop production, efficient water use in agriculture for a sustainable farming future as well as kitchen and nutrition gardening. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/fes1.jpg?itok=63xQK98M)
Delhi, sinking?
Posted on 18 Mar, 2022 10:28 AMDelhi is facing the risk of land subsidence. And uncontrolled and illegal groundwater extraction is to blame!
What is land subsidence
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Pharma antibiotics polluting Indian rivers, says Toxics Link study
Posted on 17 Mar, 2022 06:52 PMA new study by Toxics Link, 'Menace of Antibiotic Pollution in Indian Rivers' has found that rivers are now prone to pollution from antibiotic residues.
![Antibiotic residues in rivers can worsen the problem of antimicrobial resistance (Image: PxHere; CC-0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/antibiotic.jpg?itok=U5HsLW0f)
Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management
Posted on 16 Mar, 2022 07:27 AMThe word Kachch is derived from the Gujarati word ‘Kachha’, meaning tortoise, from which the drought-prone district of Kutch gets i
![Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT) is a professional voluntary organization based at in the arid region of Kutch. One of its core areas of work is the implementation of innovative projects like community aquifer management. (Image: Vikalp Sangam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/ACT.jpg?itok=NLLwPSu3)
The tale of two disasters: Role of science communication for disaster risk reduction
Posted on 15 Mar, 2022 10:43 AMOver the years, the Himalayan climate has grown warmer, there are higher incidences of short but intense monsoon and hailstorms.
![Aftermath caused by cloud burst and flood in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand (Image: Rahul Dixit, EGU)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/kedarnath.jpg?itok=p4WNVwdF)
Mumbai sets a mitigation goal to achieve net-zero by 2050
Posted on 15 Mar, 2022 09:31 AMA recent study by Council on Energy Environment and Water indicates Maharashtra is the 3rd most vulnerable state in India and Mumbai is one of five distric
![The MCAP adopts a scientific evidence-based planning approach to mobilize resources and move from planning to implementation of strategic projects (Image: Deepak Gupta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/Mumbai_Skyline1.jpg?itok=7xMYBX4s)
Community members pursue common good
Posted on 12 Mar, 2022 09:27 AMIn June 2021, Rio Tinto India Pvt Ltd initiated a pond rejuvenation activity at village Kherla, in Sohna block, Gurugram district of Haryana, which was implemented by S M Sehgal Foundation.
![Walkway around pond, with solar lighting (Image: S M Sehgal Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/Walkway-300x225_0.jpg?itok=XtewwG2s)