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Droughts and Floods
Changing farming practices to prevent land degradation and desertification in India
Posted on 28 Jun, 2023 11:41 AMLand degradation and desertification (LDD) pose a major threat to environmental and human survival and sustainability. Nearly 33 percent of total land area is affected by land degradation globally.
![Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/desertification.jpg?itok=v3aGIPcJ)
Majuli Island: A tapestry of resilience and environmental harmony
Posted on 16 Jun, 2023 06:34 PMThe enchanting island of Majuli, nestled in the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, is not only a haven of natural beauty and cultural heritage but also a place where culture and history intertwines with environmental concerns.
![Addressing various aspects of women's lives to enhance their social, economic, and political status (Image: Rebuild India Fund)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Majuli_1_0.jpg?itok=76XacqfO)
Technology empowers women farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 02 Jun, 2023 03:46 PMAgricultural technology empowers farm women in Andhra Pradesh
![A woman farmer working in the field in Andhra Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Claude Renault via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Cotton_picking_in_India.jpg?itok=LyXC6ogh)
Madhya Pradesh's villages lead the way in climate smart agriculture
Posted on 03 Apr, 2023 11:21 AMMadhya Pradesh's climate smart villages provide lessons in climate change adaptability
A Climate Smart Village project initiated by the state government on natural farming in Madhya Pradesh villages has yielded highly successful results setting an example for other villages in India to follow.
![Lush green farms in Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Rajarshi MItra via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/MP%20farms.jpg?itok=EQ5VTnvX)
India’s first round-the-clock solar village angers pastoralists
Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 09:02 AMIndia's first round the clock solar power plant in Modhera village Gujarat, threatens livelihoods of pastoralists
![Maldharis grazing buffaloes (Image Source: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Maldhari_grazing_buffaloes_AJTJ.jpg?itok=BTTE_yeC)
Decentralised solar transforming rural India
Posted on 02 Mar, 2023 09:51 PMDecentralised solar is transforming rural India
![Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Solar%20power.jpg?itok=MZROjsC4)
Locally comprehensible and actionable forecasts
Posted on 09 Feb, 2023 06:00 PMA recent study dealing with the Indian Sundarbans, the cyclone capital of India, uncovers how and why advances in scientific knowledge and technological developments are failing to enhance resilience of the marginal and vulnerable populations, instead continually unmaking their lived environments.
![Broken houses of village in Gosaba Islands as water flooded their houses after Cyclone Aila struck this island in Sunderbans in West Bengal (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/3582509964_b48dfafcd9_o.jpg?itok=CPVP5Cf1)
Local recycling of moisture via wetlands and forests high in North-East India
Posted on 21 Jan, 2023 09:49 AMNorth-East India, home to the wettest place on the planet (Mawsynram), is a major biodiversity hotspot.
![The region with its vast wetlands and forest cover is akin to the Amazon (Image: Ashwin Kumar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/Cherrapunjee_Rain_Forests_%287158995367%29_1.jpg?itok=bOxb95ow)
Greater Chennai Corporation to set up 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
Posted on 06 Jan, 2023 09:22 PMGreater Chennai Corporation plans to set up 47 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
![Natural spaces such as water bodies and vegetation in cities can act as sponges and absorb rain and prevent flooding (Image Source: IWP Flicker photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/Lake%20near%20chennai%20city.jpg?itok=oMmZE99n)