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Ecology and Environment
Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India
Posted on 16 Nov, 2022 10:54 PMSince 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working a
![Healthy wetland ecosystems help in reducing disaster risks and managing climate risks (Image: Pxhere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/wetland.jpg?itok=Ii_zIDNX)
Children demand ecological rights ahead of COP-27
Posted on 07 Nov, 2022 12:51 PMAhead of the Conference on Climate Change COP 27 at Egypt, PRATYeK, a registered organization with UN ECOSOC status, known for its national child led-advocacy initiative NINEISMINE, hosted an online event NO COP OUT on November 4 and 5, along with coalition partner
![Millions of children face the brunt of climate change in their day to day lives. There Is No Planet B (Image: Blaine O'Neill; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/4201801271_79c2ee10d2_k.jpg?itok=theeKzca)
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
Posted on 31 Oct, 2022 10:13 AMThe accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.
― David Harvey, The Limits to Capital, 2006 [1982]: 418
Young woman's work is impacting Odisha villages
Posted on 28 Oct, 2022 01:36 PMThe sound of a specific cycle bell deep inside the jungles of Kashinathpur village in Angul (Odisha) brings vibes of joy. Everybody recognises that bell because it belongs to 24-year-old Urmila Bahera who sometimes cycles to villages as far as 15 kilometres, braving bumpy roads, streams and elephants.
![Urmila engaging children on local bird diversity (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Urmila%20engaging%20children%20on%20local%20bird%20diversity.jpg?itok=EXNRtjLp)
Deteriorating landscapes and threatened ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir
Posted on 26 Sep, 2022 12:19 PMLandscapes are important features and shape the economy and survival of a region. However, developmental activities in recent years are not only threatening landscape features, but also affecting landscape ecosystems and livelihoods of people who depend on it.
![Deteriorating ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Image Source: tkohli at Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Kashmir_Valley%20India.jpg?itok=-9--EaRO)
Protected orchids of India
Posted on 08 Sep, 2022 11:25 AMIndia's orchids are under pressure from illicit harvesting and exploitation for illegal trade. Of the vast diversity of 1256 orchid species recorded in India, 307 are endemic to our country, and only 11 species are protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
![Orchid size can range from a pencil head to a vigorous two tonne shrub (Image: Geoff Mckay, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/orchid.jpg?itok=bUfuGE1y)
Bring back the vulture
Posted on 06 Sep, 2022 11:37 AMWWF India launches a poster on vulture species in India with conservation information on each species, on International Vulture Awareness Day (which is celebrated on 3rd September).
![White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) (Image: Lip Kee, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/vulture.jpg?itok=wH859RSA)
Heavy metals being discharged into coastal waters
Posted on 22 Aug, 2022 12:26 AMIn recent years, the impact of the wastes discharged in the Bay of Bengal has been significant due to high effluent inflow from secured sources. It was observed that the heavy metal concentrations in the Bay coast sediments were considerately high and varied among sampling points.
![Heavy metal contamination causes significant harm to marine ecology and aquatic life, including humans (Image: Priyadarshi Chaudhuri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/rishikonda.jpg?itok=6CiDj7h3)
Collaborative management for sustainable livelihoods in the Sundarbans
Posted on 15 Aug, 2022 07:42 PMSundarbans delta is the largest mangrove forest reserve in the world with distinct species of wild flora and fauna. It is a source of livelihood for several communities residing in the vicinity. The indigenous plants, extraction of honey and catching fish from rivers, lakes and rivulets have good economic value in surroundings markets.
![Catching fish from rivers, lakes and rivulets have good economic value in surroundings markets (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-08/fishing-sundarbans.jpg?itok=6lBIn5zT)