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Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) - Mangroves
Posted on 29 Oct, 2018 12:03 PMThis is a simple guide that lists out the most popular questions related to mangroves, to understand what they are and their ecological significance. Please click on a topic for detailed information.
![Mangroves of the Sundarbans. (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangroves_sunderbans.jpg?itok=HC6_VAsy)
Green Climate Fund aid for coastal communities
Posted on 23 Oct, 2018 10:47 AMFund approved to boost climate resilience among coastal communities
![Coastal communities in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9506793909_a745ace209.jpg?itok=pkm1eSIW)
To Sir, with love and belief
Posted on 15 Oct, 2018 02:26 PMDr G.D. Agrawal passed away on October 11, 2018. He was 86 years old. But he didn’t die of old age. After 111 days of fasting, he died of a heart attack. Why was he fasting? We will come to that in a while.
![Dr G.D. Agarwal (Pic by Sidwanshu Kumar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/g_d_agarwal-image_courtesy-sidwanshu_kumar.jpg?itok=qLIuI66-)
Centre approves projects near turtle nesting sites
Posted on 10 Oct, 2018 12:09 PMNew coastal projects to ignore Olive Ridley turtles
![Olive Ridley turtle (Source: Pawar Pooja via Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-olive_ridley_turtle_dscn0695.jpg?itok=-9FXcvBd)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 12:06 PMAs the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.
![The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gadmukteshwar_sunset_1.jpg?itok=zkh85N_I)
More water for crops
Posted on 06 Sep, 2018 02:44 PMA new study has pointed out that increased irrigation efficiency does not translate to more water availability for other uses at the watershed level. The subsidies for increasing irrigation efficiency are intended to increase crop production as well as more return flow from irrigated areas that can be allocated to urban, domestic and industrial uses.
![Subsidies for irrigation efficiency lead to a decrease in water availability at the watershed level because of increased irrigated areas and water withdrawals. (Pic: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15878168453_84a0e33d65_z.jpg?itok=ZfMQDPFG)
Maharashtra comes out with draft groundwater rules
Posted on 05 Sep, 2018 06:26 AMMaharashtra farmers to need approval to sow water-intensive crops
![A sugarcane farm (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9545440464_8775944941_z_0.jpg?itok=RP5djSsV)
The art of saving a river
Posted on 03 Sep, 2018 03:01 PMRiver Mutha, the pride of Pune, lovingly called 'Muthai' or 'mother Mutha', is dying a slow death, thanks to the rapidly urbanising city which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its water. The pollution of the river is consistently rising.
![The highly polluted Mutha river as it flows through Pune. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mutha_3_0.jpg?itok=p8TOpcMf)
Desertification: Not just a North Indian problem
Posted on 16 Aug, 2018 10:30 AMIndia is highly vulnerable to desertification.
![Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification.jpg?itok=SlL6nMqG)
Maharashtra’s plastic ban: Another missed opportunity?
Posted on 09 Aug, 2018 11:03 AMThe recent plastic ban in Maharashtra has opened a can of worms and has raised many uncomfortable questions—about the setting of rules with clarity and foresight, better research to understand the challenges in implementing them and the role of citizens in making it a success.
![Increasing plastic waste is a problem in Maharashtra. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/plastic_waste1.jpg?itok=LvGCcgFn)