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September 2, 2024
The promise and pitfalls of India’s BioE3 Policy
The strategic objectives and challenges of India's BioE3 Policy
The transition to a bio-based economy could affect various stakeholders (Image: GetArchive; CC0 1.0)
August 30, 2024
India’s efforts at water pollution control: Legislative frameworks and real-world impacts
This article traces the evolution of the legislative framework for water pollution in India and its implications for wastewater treatment standards in the country. 
Open drains in Alwar (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
August 2, 2024
Wayanad landslide tragedy: Balancing nature and development
There is a need for a multi-faceted approach to disaster management, combining advanced monitoring, early warning systems, community preparedness, and sustainable land use practices to mitigate future risks.
Aftermath of a 2022 landslide on Nedumpoil ghat road (Image: Vinayaraj, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
July 10, 2024
A silent crisis in Indian farmlands: The disappearing trees
Millions of trees are fast disappearing from India's farmlands. What are its implications for agriculture and the environment?
Disappearing trees over Indian farmlands (Image Source: WOTR)
June 9, 2024
Environmental tech startups: Powering a sustainable future
India’s funding jumped from $225 million in 2018 to $1.5 billion in 2023, marking a compounded annual growth rate of 140%
Green startups: Powering a sustainable future (Image: Needpix)
June 7, 2024
Misguided ocean carbon capture: Hype outweighs science
Scientists question effectiveness of nature-based CO2 removal using the ocean
Ocean ecosystem (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
Invite to a conference on 'Farmers First for conserving soil and water resources in Northern Region', Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, Dehradun
To address the issues of natural resources conservation, integrated watershed management, management of various ecosystems with reference to northern region of India.
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 03:14 PM

For more information on the organisers, Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists (IASWC), please click here and here.
Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationist
Call for applications 'FEJI-ATREE Media Fellowships in Environmental Conservation', Forum of Environmental Journalists in India
An opportunity to travel, explore, study and write on select themes and their complexities in conservation today.
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 11:48 AM

For information on the organisers, Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI), click here.

For further details on the Fellowship, click here.

You may download the Application details from below.
Invitation to a story writing competition 'World Toilet Day Blogging Competition', Splashdirect
Tell a funny or the most disgusting bathroom story, the more graphic the better!
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 11:06 AM

For more information on the event and to submit your story click here.

To view the 'Guide to World Toilet Day', please click here.
Indian islands declared 'hope spots'
Policy matters this week: IUCN declares Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep as 'hope spots', CWPRS plans to channelise the Beas and NGT tells Assam to protect Kaziranga animals.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 03:59 PM

Indian Ocean's "hope spots"
Coral reefs at Havelock, Andaman Source: Wikipedia
Gujarat government arrests activists protesting Narmada weir
News this week: Gujarat government puts environment activists under house arrest, Goa's mining zone highly polluted and Assam's rice bowl turns into wasteland due to siltation.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 11:02 AM

Gujarat government culls protest against weir on the Narmada river
Sardar Sarovar Dam Source: Geolocation
Dhanushkodi: stuck between science and religion
The Sethusamudram canal might aid shipping traffic in the area but how will it impact the fisherfolk who totally depend on the sea and the island for their livelihoods?
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 09:34 PM

Dhanushkodi, bordered by the Bay of Bengal on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other, was a major point of entry to India until 1964, when a cyclone devastated the entire town [1]. Now, only a few fisherfolk remain. 
The fisherfolk of Dhanushkodi
The inhospitable Indus
This photo essay illustrates how the historic river offers sustenance to the residents of the high Himalayas. Could 'development' end its age-old relationship with the people of Ladakh?
Keith Goyden
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 08:29 PM

Flowing through Tibet, northern India and Pakistan, the Indus is the western-most major river of the Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra basin. This basin extends over most  of South Asia from the Himalayas to the Vindhyas, excluding Peninsular India, and carries the rain that falls in this region to the Indian Ocean.
The Indus between Domkhar and Skurbuchen
Walk in interviews for 'Research personnel', The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun
A walk in interview to be conducted for various research posts at this internationally acclaimed Institution.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 01:12 PM

For more information on 'The Wildlife Institute of India (WII)',  please click here.

For further details on the various openings with the institute, click here.
Applications invited for the post of 'State Coordinator – Gender Programming', SPARSH, Mumbai, Maharashtra
To plan, facilitate implementation and monitor all activities under the Deepshikha-Adolescent Life Skills Project in close coordination with UNICEF and partner NGOs.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 12:58 PM

For more information on the organisation SPARSH, please click here.

For further details on the vacancy, click here.
Applications invited for 'Project Fellows', Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, Karnataka
An opportunity to work in a DST Sponsored Project Decision Support System for Flood Risk Assessment of Upper Krishna Basin using Remote Sensing and GIS.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 12:38 PM

For further information on the 'Central University of Karnataka' , please click here.

Details on the Project Fellow vacancy may be viewed here.
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