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Climate Change
Can we reverse the outcomes of climate change for India?
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 02:13 PMThe report title 'Turn down the heat: Climate extremes, regional impacts and the case for resilience' published by the World Bank, highlights the risks posed by climate
Budget 2015-16 likely to have huge cuts in social sector
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:27 PMSocial sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16
Invitation to the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on 'Climate Change', G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 06:23 PMWorkshop Objectives:
Call for Entries for the green film competition 'Films for Change', Television Trust for the Environment and Microsoft
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:09 PMThe competition serves as a tool spread awareness on environmental issues on a large scale. By using film making, you are encouraged to highlight those issues that greatly affect the environment and climate change in your society. There are these three main themes around which you may make your films:
Dengue and chikungunya in India - High temperatures, humidity, rainfall and local practices to blame?
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 03:44 PMClimate change has been predicted to have a tremendous impact on the health of populations leading to deaths as well as increase in the incidence of diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. Dengue and chikungunya have emerged as major public health problems making headlines in many states in India following the erratic monsoons.
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.
Local weather stations greatly improve local crop production
Posted on 19 Nov, 2014 05:06 PM“In gram crops to control gram-pod borers, use pheromone traps”. While a statement like that most likely won't make sense to average people, it does to the farming community in the Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. They have been trained to make sense of the agro-advisory provided by Vasundhara Sewaks.
Invitation to the National Seminar on 'Climate Change and its Impact on Vulnerable Communities in India', Bala Vikasa PDTC, Warangal, Telengana
Posted on 25 Oct, 2014 06:53 PMKnow more about the seminar.
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River restoration to be the focus of the first 'India Rivers Week'
Posted on 23 Oct, 2014 04:49 PMFirst 'India Rivers Week' to be held in Delhi from November 24-27
Barefoot scientists a.k.a local farmers
Posted on 09 Oct, 2014 09:38 PMEffects of climate change have aggravated the vulnerability of agricultural systems in all the parts of the country but people have found their own solutions and methods to deal with it. These have come from age-old knowledge practices of local farmers and communities, who depend on natural resources and who interact with the local ecosystems on a day-to-day basis.