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Climate Change
MGNREGA facing fund crunch
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:30 AMMore fund over the budgetary allocation sought for MGNREGA
Himalayan Climate Meet 2016
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 07:34 PMGovernment College of Chamba has organised the Himalayan Climate Meet 2016, an "International Conference Focusing on “Human Dimension of Development, Climate Change and Carbon Management”.
The focuses on the human dimensions are on:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Wetlands
Posted on 21 Oct, 2016 06:27 AMThis is a simple guide that lists out the most popular questions related to wetlands, to understand what they are and their importance a little better. Please click on a topic for detailed information
Call for Applications: HI-AWARE Academy for Doctoral Students
Posted on 26 Sep, 2016 11:17 AMAbout the HI-AWARE Academy
Majuli: A hungry river and a succumbing island
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 08:30 PMBrahmaputra is the highest siltation-carrying river in the world, and controlling erosion is not easy. Because of its characteristics, it does not have a parallel with any other river in the world. Mythologically also, the Brahmaputra has always been a disturbed river, highly meandering, says Gunajeet Kashyap (ACS), Election Officer, Majuli.
Cauvery row: When source is the cause
Posted on 17 Sep, 2016 09:27 PMEven as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu fight over their rights on Cauvery water, not much thought has gone into the place where the river originates. Kodagu district, earlier known as Coorg, lies on the eastern slope of Western Ghats, a biological hotspot which is home to the Cauvery and is also the primary catchment area of the river.
Power crisis: Time to go green
Posted on 08 Sep, 2016 06:33 PMDespite the severe water management crisis India is going through, hydro energy continues to be the second leading source of power, next only to thermal-based energy in the country. Hydropower generates over 16 percent of India’s electricity.
Interlinking project needs reanalysis: IIT Study
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:53 AMNot enough water available for interlinking rivers: IIT study
Of lives bruised by water
Posted on 11 Aug, 2016 01:40 PMSexagenarian Radha Madhavan's (name changed) voice carries a shade of gloom even as she rationalises her children's decision to leave their parental home for good. “My husband and I totally understand it. Do they not have a point when they say they do not wish to return to this wretched island, considering their own families’ safety?
Community effort saves mangroves
Posted on 04 Aug, 2016 09:52 AMCome monsoon, the villages in the Sundarbans islands witness nature’s fury with floodwaters overriding all boundaries and inundating huge tracts of land. As such, the earthen embankments, stretching to 3600 kms on the 54 inhabited islands out of a total of 102 in the Sundarbans, protect scores of people from floods and tidal waves.