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Fisheries
Saving the Hilsa by letting the Narmada flow!
Posted on 20 Apr, 2024 08:17 AMWhile dams are said to play a crucial role in meeting growing water demands, generating energy, and protecting from floods, controlled water release from dams can significantly impact the ecosystem of estuaries and the fish living in its waters.
What are estuaries
![Narmada river at the Sardar Sarovar Dam (Image Source: Jitesh Ukani via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/SSD.jpg?itok=9HeqEJGc)
Odisha leads in the provision of quality drinking water on household tap connections
Posted on 04 Apr, 2024 08:55 AMOdisha emerges as the only state to guarantee quality drinking water on household tap connections
![Quality drinking water, a priority (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/DW1.jpg?itok=V0X6ZDGC)
Tribals in Kerala revive an age old tradition by cultivating millets
Posted on 18 Dec, 2023 04:50 PMTribals in Kerala cultivate millets, revive an age old tradition
![A Bajra field (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-12/Bajra.jpg?itok=89jUtWHK)
The Forest Rights Act empowers Odisha women to protect their forests
Posted on 06 Dec, 2023 10:17 AMThe forest rights act helps women take lead to protect their forests in Odisha
![Rural women in Odisha (Image Source: Trocaire from Ireland via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-12/Rural%20women%20odisha.jpg?itok=a4Gf8f5D)
Impact of fishing technologies on wellbeing of fisherwomen in Tamil Nadu
Posted on 19 Nov, 2023 11:05 AMTechnological innovations in agriculture and fishing have been thought to increase production, productivity, and income, alleviate poverty and reduce workloads. However, they can affect men and women differently by reinforcing gender inequalities, restrict access, and displace women as newly mechanised tasks become the domains of men.
![Fisherwomen selling fish in the markets (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-11/Fisherwomen.jpg?itok=Dk6TrS-A)
How internal migration can work more productively for fishers
Posted on 27 Sep, 2023 05:25 PMSmall-scale fishers in India are increasingly forced to migrate for their livelihoods, but new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) finds this can have positive impacts not always seen when labourers have to move for work.
![Family networks improve outcomes for internal migration of small-scale fishers in India (Image: PxFuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/fish-market-seafood-fishing.jpg?itok=TSSInSzB)
Empowered by the PESA Act, a Mahila Sangh relentlessly works to reclaim governance
Posted on 21 Sep, 2023 05:42 PMIn 2018, when the communities of Ghatanji Block in Yavatmal attended a workshop about the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, the information accessed brought about a shift in their perspective, where they felt empowered to reclaim common resources that rightfully belonged to them.
![Women from the Mahila Gram Sangh (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/Women%20from%20the%20Mahila%20Sangh.jpg?itok=dL9Y8_iu)
Technology aids safety of Kerala fisherfolk during monsoons
Posted on 17 Jul, 2023 10:14 AMCommunication technologies aid fisherfolk in Kerala to remain safe during the monsoons
![Fishermen venturing out into the sea in Vizhinjham in Kerala (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/fisherfolk.jpg?itok=c_jey1QL)
Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy
Posted on 18 Mar, 2023 04:19 PMTamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy with a focus on promoting chemical-free agriculture
![Organic farming creates harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry and facilitates alignment of life with natural ecosystems and cycles. (Image: Katharina Low/SuSanA Secretariat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Organic_farm_area_%285690105970%29.jpg?itok=kIieU3m2)
Greater Chennai Corporation to set up 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
Posted on 06 Jan, 2023 09:22 PMGreater Chennai Corporation plans to set up 47 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
![Natural spaces such as water bodies and vegetation in cities can act as sponges and absorb rain and prevent flooding (Image Source: IWP Flicker photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/Lake%20near%20chennai%20city.jpg?itok=oMmZE99n)