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Climate Change
Short course on climate risk screening, AFPRO, September 20 – 21, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 27 Jul, 2011 11:22 AMOrganizer: Action for Food Production
Venue: AFPRO Training Centre, 25/1A, Institutional Area, Pankha Road, Janakpuri, D-Block, New Delhi
Description:
The course attempts to understand climate change risks and vulnerabilities; introduce concepts and approaches to climate change adaptation; and, thereby provide the participants with a framework for Climate Risk Screening. This in essence will enhance the capacities of the participants to integrate climate change risks and adaptation considerations into their project design and management leading to adaptive planning.
Impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India – A paper in Journal of Earth System Science
Posted on 18 Jul, 2011 06:27 AMThe occurrence of exceptionally heavy rainfall events and associated flash floods in many areas during recent years prompted the researchers to study long-term changes in extreme rainfall over India.
Bharti Integrated Rural Development Society invites applications for various positions, Hyderabad – Apply by July 22, 2011
Posted on 15 Jul, 2011 04:31 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
Bharti Integrated Rural Development Society (BIRDS) is a non-profit organization established in 1991 at Nandyal, in Kurnool district of Andhara Pradesh, India. Founded and directed by Paul Raja Rao, BIRDS has grown in the past six years from a grassroots attempt to empower the Dalits and provide a few microfinance loans to groups of women.
APN's call for proposals under ARCP programme and CAPaBLE programme - Apply by July 29, 2011
Posted on 15 Jul, 2011 03:15 PMCountries within the Asia‐Pacific region support more than half of the world’s population and changes in the Earth’s bio geophysical system are clearly impacting the societies and economies of these countries.
The APN is inviting proposals under two separate programmes, the ARCP Programme and the CAPaBLE Programme, for funding from April 2012, and is able to provide a limited amount of financial support1 for research and capacity development activities that fall within its areas of interest.
New Book : "Coping with climate change: In the Asian context"
Posted on 13 Jul, 2011 04:33 PMAbout the book:
Climate change is real and coping with it is major concern in coming days. Most of the books written and sold in the past need updating and customizing. The general description of climate change and world will not help the professionals and students. It needs to seen area wise as a professional will work in specific geographic area. Hence an effort is made to collect data from Asia which host most populated countries along with ecological hot spots.
National course on climate-change and flood disaster management, NIDM, August 8 – 12, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 12:38 PMOrganizer: National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
Venue: NIDM New Delhi, IIPA Campus, IP Estate, New Delhi
Measures to mitigate agrarian distress in Idukki district of Kerala : A study report by MSSRF
Posted on 10 Jul, 2011 07:38 PMAlthough Idukki is generally perceived as a ‘spices district’ and a ‘plantation crop district’, about 95 per cent of the farmers here are small with tribal farmers constituting a substantial component. Public investment in agriculture in this district is very poor and this hampers agricultural progress and rural livelihoods in many ways.
As a result of high cost of production of major crops and its volatile prices, small farmers who constitute the majority of the farming population have accumulated debt burden exceeding 700 crores. More than eighty per cent of this debt is due to crop loans to small and marginal farmers.
The recommendations in this report are made after giving due consideration to ongoing programmes and resources being made available thereof. These are mainly focused on the small, marginal and tribal farmers and other economically disadvantaged sections. The stress is on sustainability of agricultural production systems and strengthening the regional ecology.
Groundwater governance in India – A case study by World Bank
Posted on 09 Jul, 2011 11:43 AMIt examines the impediments to better governance of groundwater, and explores opportunities for using groundwater to help developing countries adapt to climate change. It attempts to understand the practical issues that arise in establishing robust national governance frameworks for groundwater and in implementing these frameworks at the aquifer level.
The case study focused on the national, state and local levels. At the national and state levels, it analyzed the policy, legal, and institutional arrangements to identify the demand and supply management and incentive structures that have been established for groundwater management. At the local level, it assessed the operations, successes, and constraints facing local institutions in the governance of a number of aquifers within peninsula India, on the coast and on the plain of the Ganges river valley.
Guidelines for drinking water quality - Fourth edition by World Health Organisation (2011)
Posted on 09 Jul, 2011 10:41 AMThis integrates the third edition, which was published in 2004, with both the first addendum to the third edition, published in 2006, and the second addendum to the third edition, published in 2008. It supersedes previous editions of the Guidelines and previous International Standards.
This edition of the Guidelines further develops concepts, approaches and information introduced in previous editions, including the comprehensive preventive risk management approach for ensuring drinking-water quality.
National seminar on 'Climate Change: Causes, consequences & strategies for sustainable environment', Vikrama Simhapuri University, July 16 – 17, 2011, Nellore
Posted on 07 Jul, 2011 05:25 PMOrganizer: Vikrama Simhapuri University
Venue: Seminar Hall, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore
Topics:
- Climate change: Green house effect, health problems, eco-agro cultural changes, costal ecosystem and pollution control