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Ecology and Environment
Call for Abstracts and Event Proposals ' World Water Week', Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Stockholm
Posted on 04 Jan, 2014 09:04 AMFor more information on the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), click here.
For further details on the event, that has the theme of 'Energy and Water', click here.
![World Water Week, Stockholm](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/world_water_day_2014.png?itok=38OTlBDZ)
Invite to 'Water Seminar & Gujarat Water Summit 2014', Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ahmedabad
Posted on 31 Dec, 2013 05:56 PMOrganiser details
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Venue
Gujarat University Convention Centre, Ahmedabad
Why visit the summit
![Gujarat Water Summit 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gujarat_water_summit.png?itok=UD651HRs)
Environment Minister Moily takes controversial decisions
Posted on 29 Dec, 2013 06:54 PMNew Environment Minister brings in new polices
![Environment Minister Moily (Source: Livenewz)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/moily.jpg?itok=ulYcGEjx)
Drinking water quality worst in Kerala: Report
Posted on 29 Dec, 2013 04:50 PMKerala scores worst in access to potable water: NSSO
![House wells not safe? (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/well.jpg?itok=UUFbvd5S)
Applications invited for 'sandwich' PhD position on 'Climate Policy, Conflicts and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia', SaciWATERs
Posted on 24 Dec, 2013 05:57 PMFor more information on SaciWATERs, please click here.
To apply for the same, click here.
You may download the details of the vacancy from below .
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A peak at the future: Simulating Coonoor’s water situation
Posted on 23 Dec, 2013 03:40 PMThe Nilgiris have undergone an incredible amount of change in the last 10 years. Coonoor, an area well endowed with natural resources, is the second largest tourist destination here. However, over the last year (2012-13), the town has been reeling under a water crisis [1].
![Coonoor Land Use Map](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coonoor_landuse_map.jpg?itok=gQm0BCWV)
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
![Mehdiganj protest (Source: AID Kolkata Newsletter)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/page1_mehdiganjprotest.jpg?itok=98gcR0O7)
Bihar villagers against asbestos plant
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:40 PM10,000 Bihar villagers file petition against asbestos plant
![Asbestos inflammation (Source: Adam Cohn, Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/asbestos.jpg?itok=a_qW1nQg)
Yamuna Nama: a book review
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PMThe Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
![Yamuna river (Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-manifesto_1.jpg?itok=4DIn58eM)
Batting for the environment
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 04:46 PMBy his own account, Jaideep Hardikar, is simply a chronicler of the times around him. His foray into writing and reporting was neither easy nor his first choice. Like many children of his time, he dreamt of being a cricketer but stumbled into journalism and in it, found his true calling.
![Jaideep Hardikar, 2013 Prem Bhatia Award recipient](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jaideep_1.jpg?itok=AH-wr115)