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Climate change hits Northeast bamboo crop
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:18 PMClimate change affects bamboo production in the Northeast
![Bamboo hit by climate change Source: Wikimedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/600px-bamboo_richelieu.jpg?itok=LzeuDg5h)
Drilling the hills to devastation
Posted on 08 Dec, 2013 10:50 PMClear blue skies, natural springs and glacial peaks-tranquility. Falling stones, landslides and debris-chaos! Kinnaur, located on the northeastern side of Himachal Pradesh, lets you experience both. It falls in seismic zones IV and V, which means it runs the the risk of damaging and destructive earthquakes.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc02191.jpg?itok=nFhtGskR)
Are there greener pastures for pastoralists?
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:34 PMPastoralist communities are those that depend primarily on livestock (domesticated animals in an agricultural setting) for their living. India has the world’s highest livestock population with 440 million livestock heads distributed over 100 million households (1) but in recent years, pastoralists have been facing threats to their way of life.
![Goat rearing in Udaipur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/goats-udaipur.jpg?itok=DKgZbe3-)
Development or displacement?
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:30 PMSukal Singh is 50 years old and is the only earning person of his five-member family. Suresh Barman works as a labourer supporting a 13-member family. Bhagirat and Gorelal Bhavedi are rickshaw-pullers supporting a 7-member family each.
![Bargi dam affected Patha village, MP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/patha_village_in_mandala_district.jpg?itok=wumagCMH)
Athirapilly falls under threat
Posted on 23 Nov, 2013 07:54 AMAthirappilly falls is situated 70 km from Kochi city in Kerala's Thrissur district. The 80 ft high falls is a part of the Chalakudy River and originates in the upper reaches of the Sholayar ranges in the Western Ghats. Lush greenery and little streams that cover the winding route up and down to the falls exhilarate and intimidate all at once.
![Athirapilly waterfalls Source:Sangfroid, Wikimedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/athirapilly.jpg?itok=JiKLRMOq)
Invite to a public discussion on 'Land, Water, Livestock, People and the Commons', Karnataka Rajya Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti, Bangalore
Posted on 18 Nov, 2013 11:33 AMTo view more on Amritmahal Kavals, click here.
To view the original message in Kannada, please click here.
You may download the invite in English from below.
![Karnataka Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pastureland.png?itok=kDuaamkK)
Symbolic yet neglected
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:17 PMRameshwaram is well-known as one of India's most sacred places and is an important pilgrimage centre. However, what isn't well-known is the history behind the 64 teerthas (holy water bodies) in and around the island.
![The sacred teerthas at Rameshwaram](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_1361.jpg?itok=239nWlki)
Can we build an alternative society?
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:11 PMRiverside apartments are in great demand these days. This has led to a surge in the number of apartments built along rivers that flow through urban areas. These same 'premium' apartments are encroaching on the river's channel and are therefore most vulnerable to the floods that they help create by constricting the river. This harm extends beyond the apartments in question.
![A wastepicker sorts through waste (source: Chicu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1020602.jpg?itok=9zvXLljh)
A little green in Delhi’s growing grey
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:01 PMDelhi claims that it is one of the world's ‘green cosmopolitans’ because of the 20% of green cover it has. However, the fact is that 200 full-grown trees die every year because of storms, water scarcity, disease and old age. A large number of New Delhi's neglected avenue trees are 80-100 years old, planted at the time the British built the capital.
![Restored monument in Sunder Nursery](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunder_nursery.jpg?itok=KVkiPjpy)
Vacancy for the post of 'Site Coordinator', LEMoN India, Andaman Islands & Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 08:48 AMFor information on the organisation, LEMoN India, please click here.
To view further details on the opening, click here.
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