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Biodiversity
Hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:08 PMGovernment admits that hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster
![House washed away in Uttarakhand floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek4_1_0.jpg?itok=l8E4bsYl)
The Chalakudy river system wins
Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 06:32 PMLatha Anantha of the Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samiti (Chalakudy River Protection Forum) was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers Week for her commendable work on safeguarding the integrity of the Chalakudy river in Kerala.
![Latha Anantha (Source: Latha)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/latha_0.jpg?itok=CxB25gWn)
To link or not to link: A debate
Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 02:48 PMThe essence of a river is its ebb and flow but won't taming of the fresh free-flowing rivers by building massive dams pose a threat to our rivers and the communities that live by them?
![Simen - a 'surplus' river in Brahmaputra basin](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/simen_-_a_surplus_river_in_brahmaputra_basin.jpg?itok=CtFpDm8O)
TSR Committee offers a frail framework to robust laws
Posted on 11 Dec, 2014 01:38 PMMore than three months ago, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) had constituted a High Level Committee, chaired by TSR Subramanian, former Cabinet Secretary, to review the key environment laws, viz. Environment (Protection) Act, Wildlife (Protection) Act, Forest (Conservation) Act, and Water and Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act.
![Ufrenkhal forest that gives water to Gad Ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8687248323_8b1fa08bd3_z_0.jpg?itok=o7IhOfUL)
Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AMIn the article titled 'A hundred days closer to ecological and social suicide' published in the Economic and Political Weekly, the author argues that the recent changes in the government do not seem to have helped in changing the environmental policies of the country. Rather, they reflect regressive actions that could lead to a large-scale assault on rules, laws
![The revived lake in Valni village, Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/valni_lake_0.jpg?itok=WKeqi2GM)
A beautiful, equitable water management system
Posted on 30 Nov, 2014 08:18 PMKhonoma village resisted British rule in the region from 1830s to 1880 and is therefore considered as the last bastion of Naga warriors against the British. But today, the village is also known for upholding its rich indigenous erudition.
![Women in Khonoma tying beads to make necklaces](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_in_khonoma_village_tying_beads_together_to_make_necklaces-_a_preparation_for_a_feast_to_be_held_the_following_day_as_a_mark_of_friendship_between_two_villages.jpg?itok=lcSBeuVA)
Poachers turned protectors fight for their survival
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 01:46 PMNature and wildlife can be better conserved if local communities are duly educated and motivated. Nearly 70 km south of Bhubaneswar, the Mangalajodi village on the edge of Chilka lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, is a testimony to that argument.
![Chilka lake, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0323tps.jpg?itok=PNC_umMr)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AMPollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
![River Ganges at Sangam in Allahabad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_b.jpg?itok=JgmZBfNm)
Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PMNGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel
![Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13225001263_8fe96c17b7_z.jpg?itok=wGF87ze3)
Fingers crossed as Nilofar approaches Gujarat
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 01:14 PMCyclone Nilofar makes its way towards Gujarat
![Devastation following Alia 2009](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3718994613_6886486ba3_z.jpg?itok=9sSGa6X0)