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Ecology and Environment
A just energy transition roadmap
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:15 AMIn the run-up to COP 26, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), the Delhi-based environmental organization, launched India’s first ‘Just Transition’ Centre at a virtual event on June 29, 2021.
![How the demand for coal is transforming the environment and the people who depend on it (Image: Wilson-Centre, Environmental Change and Security Program, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/fossil-fuel.jpg?itok=_1ryMZNQ)
Eco-Tales exchanging ideas, suggestions on 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation
Posted on 17 Jun, 2021 01:04 PMThe Central Pollution Control Board, MOEF&CC, are offering an open and free-flowing discussion forum where you can share your valuable ideas, your thoughts, tell your stories and suggestions about 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation', its usage its value towards humankind (based on this year's theme- Ecosystem Restoration).
Four north-western states and UTs to achieve 'Har Ghar Jal' status by 2022
Posted on 10 Jun, 2021 01:24 PMCentre to allocate Rs 8,216.25 crore for four north-western states and UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission
![A woman climbs up a water tank to fetch water due to lack of access to pipe water connection (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/3863531359_ddaf50e122_c.jpg?itok=ycCSLV59)
Kerala top performer in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21
Posted on 10 Jun, 2021 01:19 PMNITI Aayog releases SDG India Index 2020-21, Kerala top performing state while Mizoram is the top gainer
![View of lush green Kerala (Image source: ATREE via India Water Portal Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/3220026563_1f9f021650_o.jpg?itok=4oIRcKdU)
Amidst Covid-19 second wave, two cyclones hit the Indian coasts
Posted on 27 May, 2021 09:26 PMCyclone Tauktae hit the west coast, while Yaas batters the east coast
![Fallen lampost and trees lay sprawled across the road after a cyclone (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/30813818684_62a38a1623_c.jpg?itok=6dGfX3JV)
Centre releases funds to states under Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 27 May, 2021 06:59 AMJal Jeevan Mission: Centre releases funds to states and asks states/UTs to digitise water supply infrastructure in rural India
![A roadside tap in a village (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/7506393620_e932c32d2f_c%20%281%29.jpg?itok=lFfmLb4d)
Managing natural resources at scale in Meghalaya
Posted on 20 May, 2021 07:38 PMMeghalaya, a small hilly state located in the North Eastern Region of India has an area of 22,429 sq. km., which is 0.68% of the country’s geographical area. The state is divided into three regions: Garo Hills, Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills.
![Meghalaya's indigenous people historically have immense knowledge about their environment and natural resources. (Image: Meghalaya Basin Management Agency)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/meghalaya-james1_0.jpg?itok=sa3epZyj)
About time inland waterways feasibility is reassessed
Posted on 13 May, 2021 04:45 PMIn 2016, 106 rivers or river stretches were declared as national inland waterways, and the development of many of these new waterways along with the already existing ones was prioritized for large scale commercial navigation and shipping.
![Dredging in progress on National Waterway-1 (Image: IWAI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/dredging1.jpg?itok=N5koWrRh)
Green panel clears Central Vista project
Posted on 12 May, 2021 12:28 PMGreen panel clears Central Vista projects
![Rajpath's Central Vista Avenue project (Image: Students of Master in Sustainable Architecture at Central University of Rajasthan, Counterview)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/central%20vista.jpg?itok=BfdKycBQ)