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A lac cooperative’s success story
Posted on 17 May, 2016 11:04 AMThe farmers of Jharkhand have long been depending on lac farming for their livelihood. Lac, a resin extensively used in preparation of a range of products - from cosmetics to ammunition - is cultivated on a variety of trees, mostly fruit-bearing and shady trees like Ber, Kusum, Palash and Sal.
![TRCSC promoting lac based products like bangles through training of over 200 women members of SHGs](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bangles.jpg?itok=8daPJtaf)
Mangrove nurseries protect coasts and livelihoods
Posted on 13 May, 2016 01:40 PMKendrapara and Jagatsinghpur are among the most vulnerable districts affected by cyclones and climate change in coastal Odisha. In the last few decades, the coasts of Odisha have witnessed three major devastating storms.
![Mangrove Nursery at Naupal ( Source: Regional Centre For Development Cooperation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangrove_nursery.jpg?itok=j9OrZIrN)
Government schemes converge at Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha
Posted on 24 Apr, 2016 11:41 AMSince India became independent in 1947, the central and state governments have introduced various rural development schemes, and have been trying to get them to converge. While this effort hasn't been as impactful on a large scale, there are some success stories. Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha is one.
![View of Sarda village, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0025tps.jpg?itok=wj_eoczI)
Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PMEnvironmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
![Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/deepor_beel_0_0.jpg?itok=CdUN_m1d)
The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PMChirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.
![Coal mining in Chirimiri](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0086tps.jpg?itok=tgRn4QET)
4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 11:24 AMCentre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river
![Ganga river near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_1.jpg?itok=unlw0F1E)
The Yamuna, a song, and a dance
Posted on 23 Mar, 2016 09:13 PMThe World Culture Festival (WCF) organised by the Art of Living Foundation (AoL) has been in the news ever since Manoj Misra, an environmental activist and convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2015.
![Front view of the giant stage under construction as of February 20, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4.jpg?itok=Xp62ZdnH)
Small scale fishworkers fishing for jobs elsewhere
Posted on 19 Mar, 2016 01:31 PMChinna, 35, harvests fish and is engaged on a piece rate basis by the local contractor who has rights to fishing in the village tank in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. At times, Chinna also uses family labour to complete his work.
![Traditional fishers livelihoods are directly threatened by mechanised fishing methods (Source: Vikas Sahayog Kendra, Palamau)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vsk.jpg?itok=otJIBut5)
One river, two names and a 14-year-long dispute
Posted on 10 Mar, 2016 07:09 PMThe Mandovi river is picture perfect. She is the wide, placid river fringed by the coconut palms and dotted by the boats that we think of when we think of Goa.
![The serene Mandovi is the focus of a bitter dispute between Karnataka and Goa](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mandovi_rural.jpg?itok=FEI1CPOh)
World Culture Festival poses threat to the Yamuna
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 10:11 PMActivists oppose Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival along the Yamuna flood plains
![Yamuna river in New Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z.jpg?itok=aLkUfWUd)