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News and Articles
Community videos: By the community, for the community
Posted on 01 Oct, 2021 07:55 AMThe Paudi Bhuyan tribe in Odisha are one of the most primitive and vulnerable communities in the count
![Community videos are produced by farmers themselves and feature local participants and agents from the rural communities themselves (Image: Digital Green)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/Community%20Video%20-%20DG-2.jpg?itok=P2V4EfHi)
Is climate action at scale a possibility?
Posted on 28 Sep, 2021 09:07 PMThe recently released report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has portrayed a devastating picture of the world that our
Youth climate leaders join hands with the UN in India to celebrate India's climate action
Posted on 27 Sep, 2021 11:00 PMThe United Nations in India today announced the launch of its climate campaign, We The Change, which aims to showcase climate solutions pioneered by young Indians as a celebration of India's climate leadership.
![There is a need for bolder climate action from people, communities and the national and state governments (Image: PxFuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/nature-kerala-india-green.jpg?itok=CoRstiJa)
Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!
Posted on 24 Sep, 2021 11:12 PMFreshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, ponds cover only 0.8 percent of the Earth’s surface, but are incredibly biodiverse. They harbour around ~15,000 fish species, corresponding to approximately half of the global known fish.
Human activities such as water abstraction, diversion, damming, and pollution are posing a threat to the survival of fish.
![Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Fishes_in_the_Tunga_river_at_Sringeri.jpg?itok=PMSW0GQW)
Only a third of sewage generated per day in India treated, reports CPCB
Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 01:30 PMOnly a third of sewage generated daily is treated in India, according to CPCB
![A sewage treatment plant in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/9268331440_c335c2e106_k.jpg?itok=ugtER3wR)
Harvesting and using rainwater, a must in Bengaluru
Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 12:24 PMState government makes harvesting and using of rainwater a must in Bengaluru
![Rainwater harvesting installed in a house (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/14629431278_ad4c1d3a19_k_3.jpg?itok=Xvino2dO)
Shrinking forests, declining biodiversity - a ticking time bomb!
Posted on 21 Sep, 2021 10:17 PMThe Western Ghats region of South India is one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots, and the rainforests of this region are known to harbour 500 types of bird species, 225 reptile species, 219 amphibian species, and 133 mammal species.
![The Western ghats forests, under threat (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Forests%201.jpg?itok=dir1A59o)
Villagers’ shramdaan revives canal, enhances area under cultivation
Posted on 17 Sep, 2021 10:38 PMThe village of Urdali is a predominantly rain-fed area, belonging to the Deelwara Gram Panchayat, in Bichhiya Block, Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh.
![Collective efforts revived the canal structure of Bichhiya dam bringing water to the village (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Urdali%20Canal%20and%20Field.jpg?itok=EMObdfzJ)
Disasters build on the impacts of the past
Posted on 13 Sep, 2021 04:17 PMA new report, Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021, released recently by the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) viewed di
![When a cyclone and a pandemic combine (Image: UNU-EHS/Tanmay Chakraborty)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/amphan.jpg?itok=OW0-hi4G)