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Invitation for faculty recruitment, Maharashtra Environmental Engineering Training & Research Academy (MEETRA), Nashik
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 02:17 PMOffered by
Maharashtra Environmental Engineering Training & Research Academy (MEETRA)
About the vacancies
Invitations are invited for applications from eligible candidates for the posts of
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Call for Abstracts - Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change,Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 12:49 PMOrganisers
![IIT Madras](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iit.png?itok=ERlduWFS)
Help influence water and environmental policy for the Himalayan states: Sustainable Development Forum, Nagaland and India Water Portal invite contributions for the upcoming Mountain Summit at Kohima, Nagaland in September 2013
Posted on 29 Jul, 2013 06:15 AMThe catastrophe at Uttarakhand in June 2013, was a hot topic of discussion for many of us across the country, but only those who live in the Himalayan states understand the significance and impact it has on their lives. Poor policies and governance were the root cause; much more than heavy rains.
![3rd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit Kohima](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smds3logo_0.png?itok=oM8lXdXU)
Forest panel rejects highly opposed dam projects in the Northeast
Posted on 28 Jul, 2013 04:22 PMForest Advisory Committee rejects the controversial Tipaimukh and Dibang hydro-electric projects
![The idyllic Barak river (source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barak_river.jpg?itok=zBqdB-EJ)
Call for poster abstracts for workshop on 'Indo-UK Perspective on Water Quality: Threats, Technologies & Options', Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 02:19 PMOrganisers
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Royal Society of Chemistry
About the workshop
![IISC, Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iisc.png?itok=-rgK_q1D)
Beware of genetically modified crops!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:36 PMWhen the DNA of a plant is modified using genetic engineering techniques or biotechnology, the plant is said to have been genetically modified (GM). What does this mean to you and I? Quite simply, it means that the crop could have undergone this process in order to become something that it wasn't in the first place.
![Protest against BRAI bill Source: Greenpeace](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/greenpeace3.jpg?itok=iSgtUif6)
Water for sale - to the highest bidder!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:02 PMDid you know that the planet would die in three days if it ran out of water? Water is a basic necessity and the United Nations recognized the right to it as a basic human right in 2010. Isn’t it ironic that we are still allowing a few utility companies privatise it, speculate over it and control it?
![Rising cost of water Source: K.N. Balraj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_privatization_0.jpg?itok=vTT7TLyO)
Free the river! Let it flow!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 12:46 AMFloods are an annual event in the north-eastern state of Assam. The newspapers expect it at this time of year, every year. For the world, this is routine, something not even worth a front-page story like the Uttarakhand floods maybe because it does not involve pilgrims or religion.
![The Brahamputra in spate (Photos: Amita Bhaduri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/102_0714.jpg?itok=jF_TgXL-)
Call for suggestions, solidarity & support for the Uttarakhand catastrophe, HIMCON & Himalaya Seva Sangh, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Jul, 2013 09:52 AMInvitation from
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The recent catastrophe due to massive flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand Himalayas caused severe damage to land, life and livelihoods
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The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees
Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AMDongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri
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