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Ecology and Environment
Ken-Betwa river link project hits a roadblock
Posted on 23 Feb, 2016 12:09 PMNo clearance to Ken-Betwa river link project till wildlife issues are addressed
![Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2.jpg?itok=IN2H5leE)
Floating gardens for the landless
Posted on 17 Feb, 2016 09:49 PMThe coastal district of Puri in Odisha is infested with water hyacinth. In 1982, 10 million people and 3 million hectares of agricultural land was affected by floods causing the water hyacinth to increase to such an extent that it has affected the lives and livelihood of communities for almost three decades.
![Women working on a floating garden (Source: RCDC)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0441s.jpg?itok=Uz_jRw1T)
Saved by tanks: The story of Puducherry’s Bahour commune
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 10:13 AMThe East Coast of India is very much unlike its western counterpart both in terms of physiography and climatology.
![The Manapet tank in Bahour has an ayacut of around 110 acres, most of which is now urbanised (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24937329615_8f42b8b924_z.jpg?itok=7YlOGpGH)
Karnataka first state to witness rabi crop loss
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:16 AMKaranataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance
![Barren fields owing to poor rains (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9062876883_ecdbdf43cb_z.jpg?itok=dmdutGeA)
Is traditional wisdom key to combating climate change?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 09:55 PMErratic rainfall, heavy storms, extreme weather and droughts are some of the major impacts of climate changes. Though it affects everyone, certain sections of society, like indigenous people who live closer to the natural environment, are in fact more vulnerable to these variations.
![A woman draws water from a 'taanka' in Rajasthan (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taanka.jpg?itok=Qd0IQehs)
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PMActivists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
![A thermal power plant in Ennore, Chennai (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00090_0_1.jpg?itok=fnDNaIX8)
Eight ministries now responsible for Ganga clean up
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:39 PMSeven ministries other than the Water Ministry to help revive the Ganga
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_b.jpg?itok=bHHUHf8O)
Development or drastic ecological changes: Where is Dehradun headed?
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 11:49 AMThe Babur Nama mentions that the “
![The changing face of Dehradun (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dehradun_india_2006-4.jpg?itok=-zMhupyu)
Unnatural world: National parks and climate change
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 03:39 PMForest guards in India have fought many things over time in the course of their daily work--poachers, irate citizens, even animals at times! But they are now facing a threat that may well be beyond their capacity to overcome. A threat that is not just responsible for the death of individual animals, but for the destruction of entire groups of species--climate change.
![A herd of elephants cross the Ramganga river at Corbett National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/elephant_crossing.jpg?itok=7nBuoIdV)
Can recurring droughts in Maharashtra be offset by participatory groundwater management (PGWM)?
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 09:02 AMMaharashtra is the fourth state following Karnataka, Chattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh to seek out relief from the Union government thanks to more than 15,000 of its villages across Marathwada and parts of Western Maharashtra reeling under drought in 2015 [1].
![The role of PGWM to deal with droughts in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150902_100418.jpg?itok=sjoH-2S3)