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Fisheries
Small scale inland open water fisheries of India
Posted on 04 Dec, 2022 11:24 AMWhat are inland waters
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A successful model of integrated farming system in Koraput
Posted on 03 Dec, 2022 07:23 AMRapid population growth is leading to land fragmentation and reducing the amount of cultivable land available to owners. This trend of declining land ownership combined with natural disasters is reducing the viability and sustainability of agriculture.
![Mangaraj's farm is a model for the region (Image: Tripati Khura)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/mangaraj.jpg?itok=hSKdOIhh)
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
Fishing turns fishy as climate change plays truant
Posted on 29 Aug, 2022 02:58 PMInland aquatic fisheries form an important source of livelihood for a significant proportion of population in India. Climate change is projected to have a huge impact on inland aquatic ecosystems and the fisheries sector in India. While there are a number of studies on the impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems and fish, most of these are from the temperate countries.
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Floods – a boon than a bane!
Posted on 21 Aug, 2022 11:15 PMFloods are often perceived as a destructive force in Assam and other parts of India.
![The Majuli island, a haven for fish (Image Source: Usha Dewani, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Majuli.jpg?itok=fwxwW7M3)
Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!
Posted on 24 Sep, 2021 11:12 PMFreshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, ponds cover only 0.8 percent of the Earth’s surface, but are incredibly biodiverse. They harbour around ~15,000 fish species, corresponding to approximately half of the global known fish.
Human activities such as water abstraction, diversion, damming, and pollution are posing a threat to the survival of fish.
![Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Fishes_in_the_Tunga_river_at_Sringeri.jpg?itok=PMSW0GQW)
Managing water commons through fishing cooperatives
Posted on 01 Sep, 2021 09:36 AMThe total area under tanks and ponds in India is over 2.9 million hectares (Ministry of Jal Shakti, 2017).
![Fish harvesting by Changariya fishing cooperative, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/fishing1.jpg?itok=ABNotYlB)
Conservation of water commons through community fishery
Posted on 08 Apr, 2021 02:00 PMLocated in the Bichhiya block of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, Changariya is a small village comprising 265 households.
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