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August 11, 2024
SeasonWatch: Citizens, trees, and climate change
Even in the face of daunting challenges like climate change, collective action and community engagement can lead to meaningful change
SeasonWatch tree walk at Rupa Rahul Bajaj Centre for Environment and Art (Image: SeasonWatch)
May 19, 2024
How do your everyday choices impact the world's resources?
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
Unravelling the escalating forest fire crisis in Uttarakhand
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
Ecosystem-based approach to water management: Key to Karnataka’s water future
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)
July 5, 2023
Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu sets an example by becoming water secure
News this fortnight
Being water secure. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
May 26, 2023
An anthropologist visits orans in Rajasthan
Orans are traditional sacred groves found in Rajasthan. These are community forests, preserved and managed by rural communities through institutions and codes that mark such forests sacred. Orans have significance for both, conservation and livelihood. The author visited two orans in Alwar district in Rajasthan and in this article, she writes about her observation.
Since ancient times, communities in Rajasthan have preserved these orans, and their lives have been inextricably entwined with them. (Image: Ranjita Mohanty)
Solar powered irrigation improves nutritional outcomes in Chattisgarh tribals
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Jun, 2024 10:56 AM

Solar powered irrigation has led to improvement in the nutritional status of Chattisgarh tribals 
Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Addressing arsenic in food chain: NGT orders inquiry
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 31 May, 2024 01:33 PM

Concerned about arsenic in food, NGT seeks government response

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in India has taken notice of a media report suggesting the presence of arsenic in food, particularly rice.
Food contamination with arsenic raises concerns (Image: pix4free.org/
Bioengineered slopes save Nog village in Himachal from floods
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 24 May, 2024 04:01 AM

An innovative bioengineering technology implemented under the PMGSY has saved Nog village in Himachal from floods

When heavy rainfall led to floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, one village stood out. This is the village of Nog where landslides and floods did not have an impact because of the innovative soil bioengineering approach implemented in the area. 
Floods in Himachal. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Pinakpani via Wikimedia Commons)
How do your everyday choices impact the world's resources?
The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.
Sreechand Tavva
Posted on 19 May, 2024 08:41 PM

What do forests, air, and groundwater have in common?
A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)
Supreme Court condemns unauthorised tree felling in Aravallis
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 19 May, 2024 02:13 PM

SC orders probe into illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge, criticises DDA for environmental damage
Malcha forest area, Delhi ridge (Image: Pinakpani, Wikimedia Commons)
Unravelling the escalating forest fire crisis in Uttarakhand
Deforestation, expansion of agricultural land, encroachment into forested areas, and unplanned urbanisation alter landscape connectivity, fragment habitats, and increase fire ignition sources.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 11 May, 2024 10:04 AM

Uttarakhand is grappling with devastating forest fires, with adverse effects rippling across various aspects of life in the region.
Uttarakhand's wildfire wake-up call (Image: Pickpic)
Ecosystem-based approach to water management: Key to Karnataka’s water future
What is the ecosystem based approach to water management? How can it help in solving the water woes of states in the Deccan Plateau?
Arjuna Srinidhi
Posted on 08 May, 2024 03:14 PM

The looming water scarcity in the Deccan Plateau states
An ecosystem based approach to water management (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Madhya Pradesh leads in tree plantations under the controversial green credit programme
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 23 Apr, 2024 09:02 AM

Madhya Pradesh leads in controversial tree plantations under the green credit programme
India's green credit programme (Image Source: Johannes Plenio/Stocksnap/CC0 1.0 DEED)
Navigating challenges in India's Green Credit Programme
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 03 Apr, 2024 07:07 PM

Green Credit Programme: Balancing innovation and environmental impact
(Image: Johannes Plenio/Stocksnap/CC0 1.0 DEED)
A Public Information System to map unplanned urbanisation in Bengaluru unveiled
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 22 Mar, 2024 09:10 AM

Scientists from IISc unveil a Public Information System to map unplanned urbanisation in Bengaluru  
The growing concrete jungle in Indian cities (Image Source: Amita Bhaduri)
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