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Ecology and Environment
Call for nominations for the '6th Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards',Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Switzerland
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 10:42 AMThree Awards will be given in the following categories:
a) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use
b) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Innovation
c) The Ramsar Convention Award for Young Wetland Champions
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Call for entries for 'All India Environmental Journalism Competition, 2014', Indo-German Environment Partnership, India
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 10:08 AMThe entries should deal with urban and industrial issues of environmental protection and management. Entries related to water and climate change – and presenting positive examples, possibilities and solutions - are encouraged. All entries must be clearly associated to India.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Terrace gardens
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 06:03 AMThe most popular questions related to terrace gardening are listed here. Browse through it and be on your way to setting up the perfect terrace garden.
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![Terrace gardens](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0008_0.jpg?itok=RAej9l0R)
Ecologists don't buy new Ganga rejuvenation plan
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 05:42 AMTrue to the promises made during election campaigning, Narendra Modi, India's 15th Prime Minister announced measures to clean up the Ganga as soon as he assumed office. A new Ministry in charge of river issues has been created.
![Ganga at Varanasi (Source: Patrick Barry)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kedar_ghat_in_varanasi.jpg?itok=-1X5CKoV)
Himachal prone to Uttarakhand-like flash floods
Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 04:24 PMScientists say Himachal prone to Uttarakhand-like flash floods
![Glacier lake in HP (Source: Ankit Solanki)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/suraj_tal.jpg?itok=1IfF0com)
Use clean coal, NGT tells Mahagenco
Posted on 27 May, 2014 01:02 PMNGT tells Mahagenco to use clean coal
![Fly ash pollution (Source: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fly_ash_0.jpg?itok=cJp1NxKT)
Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes
Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PMThe rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
![Many rural areas have free toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sani.jpg?itok=AW3-JY8g)
Invitation to the course on 'Ecological Literacy', INTACH, New Delhi
Posted on 23 May, 2014 10:24 AMGet more information of the course on 'Ecological Literacy'.
Know more about INTACH.
Download the course poster and registration form from below.
![Course on eco-literacy](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/logo_23.jpg?itok=LvqL5TjD)
Sunshine water in Uttarakhand
Posted on 21 May, 2014 10:50 AMChurerdhar, a mountain village in Uttarakhand suffered from a lack of safe potable water. Here, hand pumps used to dry up in the summer and a natural spring 1.5 km away from the cluster of homes that housed 300 people, was the only other source of water. That was its plight in 2002.
Existing water sources
![Sunshine water for Chureddhar Village, Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic1_0.png?itok=Pif70zb7)
NGT orders Singrauli power plants to supply drinking water to residents
Posted on 21 May, 2014 08:48 AM![Singrauli Coal Mines (Source: UA Satish on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/singrauli.jpg?itok=DVQtKAn0)