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Cultivating more millets to make food production climate resilient in India
Posted on 09 Jul, 2019 02:32 PMCrop production is highly influenced by the sensitivity of crops to variations in climate and can have major implications for food supply and rural livelihoods. The effects of climate change are increasing in India, where extreme rainfall events have become more frequent and spatially more variable.
![A millet crop ready for harvest in rural India (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/millets_india.jpg?itok=7eqh--AG)
Go green this Van Mahotsava
Posted on 08 Jul, 2019 12:44 PMVan Mahotsava is an annual tree planting festival which was initiated by Shri Kulapati Kanaiyalal Munshi, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food, Government of India, in 1950 to create awareness about the importance of trees and conservation of forests.
![Chilepata core forest area in Buxa, Alipurduar district of West Bengal (Image: Tridib Choudhury, Wikimedia Commons, CC-SA 4.0 International)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chilepata_core_forest_area.jpg?itok=h7L2XO5x)
Glacier melt threatens water reserves in Satluj basin
Posted on 08 Jul, 2019 12:28 PMRiver Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas
![The Sutlej, from Bilaspur (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sutlej_from_bilaspur.jpg?itok=B1YG5VcT)
Economics of land degradation: India’s new environment targets
Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 09:38 AMManaging natural resources, the sustainable way
![Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar with representatives of UNCCD, IUCN and other panelists at the June 17th meeting. (Photo: DD News Hindi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertificaion1.jpg?itok=RB1KmjKq)
Engage local communities to protect marine life: study
Posted on 25 Jun, 2019 12:00 AMNew Delhi, June 25 (India Science Wire): A new study by Wildlife Conservation Society-India has emphasised the need for awareness campaigns, involvement of local stakeholders in decision-making and empowerment of authorities to help promote protection of marine species.
![Gorgonians, one of the highly traded species, which is protected under WLPA (Photo : Vardhan Patankar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/isw_article_lead_image.jpg?itok=eyxXk3W-)
From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
Posted on 17 Jun, 2019 06:20 PMSustainable development, still an unfinished agenda
![WOTR’s holistic approach integrates environmental, social and development challenges. (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wotr_sdgs.png?itok=BZyfpDaJ)
Surya Ganga: A film review
Posted on 14 Jun, 2019 10:42 AMSurya Ganga, a film directed by Valli Bindana takes an all embracing view of the energy sector, especially the social and environmental consequences of big energy projects in India. The film was released in India recently.
![Ganga's riverflow near Dhari Devi temple in Uttarakhand (Image: SuryaGanga Facebook Page)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhari-devi-temple.jpg?itok=c9gYZMRc)
Climate change real, warns Pangi tribe
Posted on 13 Jun, 2019 02:14 PMMountain ecosystems are highly sensitive due to ecological fragility, geomorphologic instability but are blessed with vast eco biodiversity.
![Chandrabhaga river through Pangi valley, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pangi_valley_hp.jpg?itok=C56rIusY)
Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana
Posted on 12 Jun, 2019 12:24 PMHC orders Haryana government to supply adequate water to Delhi and monitor Yamuna through live Google maps
![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_1_0.jpg?itok=gV10fSGB)
Revolutionising coastal monitoring, one social media photo at a time
Posted on 31 May, 2019 03:25 PMA citizen science project led by UNSW engineers in Sydney, Australia is leveraging thousands of crowd-sourced photos from social media, helping create new insights into how beaches respond to changing weather and wave conditions, and extreme storms – and now a new study has shown the program to be nearly as accurate and effective as professional shoreline monitor
![Dr Mitchel Harley (far right) at the installation of a CoastSnap station in Fiji. Photo credit: Navneet Lal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sydney_coastline_monitoring_crowdsourcing_pic.jpg?itok=lfsuhU5G)