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July 10, 2024 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 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 Scientists question effectiveness of nature-based CO2 removal using the ocean
Ocean ecosystem (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
May 19, 2024 The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.
A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)
May 11, 2024 Deforestation, expansion of agricultural land, encroachment into forested areas, and unplanned urbanisation alter landscape connectivity, fragment habitats, and increase fire ignition sources.
Uttarakhand's wildfire wake-up call (Image: Pickpic)
May 8, 2024 What is the ecosystem based approach to water management? How can it help in solving the water woes of states in the Deccan Plateau?
An ecosystem based approach to water management (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Ion Exchange to display high purity water solutions for the pharma industry at PMEC (2012)
Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. will display the INDION RO-EDI High Purity Water Generation and Distribution System at PMEC 2012, Hall 5, Stall L42, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai Posted on 30 Oct, 2012 12:23 PM

Key features of the INDION RO-EDI:
• Fully pre-validated to industry accepted standards
• Packaged on single skid
• Hot water sanitization
• Fully functional FAT (factory acceptance test)
• Compliance with latest USP, Ph Eur, cGMP/cGAMP & ISPE specifications and design standards
• Fully automated with SCADA

Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery-Roundup of the week's news (October 22 - 28, 2012)
The news this week informs of the new social forestry policy in Maharashtra, illegal mining in Goa and the use of sewerage water to grow vegetables in Bangalore Posted on 29 Oct, 2012 10:36 AM

Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery

Second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) and Expo, Bangalore, 9-12 December 2012
Posted on 28 Oct, 2012 07:18 PM

IBC Logo

Venue

NSSC Auditorium (J N Tata Auditorium), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Event theme

Floods, fields and factories: Towards resolving conflicts around the Hirakud Dam
The Hirakud dam in Odisha has often been viewed as a symbol of India’s post independence developmentalism. This report explores the water conflicts surrounding the reservoir Posted on 27 Oct, 2012 08:13 PM

hirakudThis action research report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India maps the variegated issues contributing to the water conflicts ar

Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
The roundup this week includes news related to lakes in Udaipur, garbage problems in Bangalore and the formation of a tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PM

Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes

Delhi’s waste conflict – A paper in the Economic and Political Weekly
The article argues that the recent shift in the solid waste management system is a holistic transformation and needs more attention in cities such as Delhi Posted on 20 Oct, 2012 05:26 PM

The commentary in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) begins by discussing the policy shift in solid waste management that involves the privatisation of certain aspects of the system, such as the incineration of waste, but more importantly, it represents a comprehensive and holistic transformation in which the entire system becomes in

India’s rivers are drying, fresh water biodiversity being destroyed, and people seriously threatened from mega hydro-electric projects - Can CBD help?
India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and biodiversity, inspite of promulgating the Biological Diversity Act Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 08:28 PM

Twenty years after ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and ten years after promulgating the Biological Diversity Act, India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and their biodiversity

Comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism as provided in the Wild Life Protection Act (1972)- A document by National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forest
This document includes guidelines to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 04:17 PM

This document is a guideline provided by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. These guidelines are to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves.

Video on how to vermi-compost in your apartment- A webisode in Chai with Lakshmi
This video is a webisode of Chai with Lakshmi, shows the easy to follow steps through which vermi-composting is done in apartments Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 06:51 PM

India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods on an unprecedented scale Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PM

The blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.

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