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Climate Change
Invite to an International Conference on the 'Role of civil society in disaster management', Samutthan Foundation, India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi
Posted on 02 Dec, 2013 11:32 AMFor more information on the organisers, please click here.
To view further details on the event, click here.
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Think like a forest
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:28 PMHimalayan forests span a two-and-a-half thousand kilometer stretch and have a wide range of climates; they are beset by problems that need innovative solutions. Rajesh Thadani discussed these problems and possible solutions at the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit organised in Kohima, September 2013.
Forest cover is declining
![Quality of a forest matters as much as quantity](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oak_contrast_chicu_small_0.jpg?itok=oAHQO6MX)
Applications invited for 'International Climate Protection Fellowships', Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
Posted on 30 Nov, 2013 06:33 PMFor more information on the foundation, please click here.
To view further details on the fellowship offered, click here.
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Call for papers ' Aquatech India Conference, 2014', Aquatech, May 6-8, 2014
Posted on 28 Nov, 2013 08:27 AMFor more information on Aquatech India, please click here.
To view further details on the abstracts to be submitted, click here.
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Their world is hot, flat and crowded
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 11:16 AMMountain farmers are facing a very volatile situation right now. Food crops are being replaced by cash crops, which return better dividends. Due to this, their overall economy has gotten much better. As a whole, more of them are migrating from rural to urban areas.
![Terraced farming is the norm in mountain states](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc02329_1.jpg?itok=MoY1hig2)
Applications invited for a special grants programme on sustainable river basin management 'Life for Rivers', World Wide Fund for Nature
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 10:10 AMFor more information on the World Wide Fund for Nature, India, please click here.
To view details on the special grants programme, click here or download the brochure from below.
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Applications invited for the post of ' Research Associates and Project Associates', Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Posted on 20 Nov, 2013 07:40 AMFor more information on Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, please click here.
For more on the vacancy , click here.
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Invite to the 'Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI-2013)', Nagaland University, Zunheboto, Nagaland, December 16-19, 2013
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 12:55 PMFor more information on the event, please click here.
To register for the same, click here.
You may download the poster from below.
![Young Ecologists Talk and Interact](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yeti.png?itok=XF0BYFcP)
Invite to the '10th Manthan Award Asia Pacific', Digital Empowerment Foundation, New Delhi
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 12:31 PMFor more information on the awards, please click here.
To register for the same, click here.
You may download the brochure from below.
![Manthan Award 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manthanaward_2013.png?itok=PCv-kV-9)