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Poisoned wetlands, toxic fish
Posted on 27 Jun, 2022 12:23 PMThe East Kolkata Wetlands, often referred to as the ‘Kidneys of East Kolkata’, are located on the eastern periphery of Kolkata Metropolitan area and cover 12,500 hectares of area.
![Fishermen use wastewater in Kolkata to rear fish (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/ekw.jpg?itok=tFASmtbe)
Leaving no one behind
Posted on 25 Jun, 2022 08:17 PMOn 24 June 2022, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) India and the NITI Aayog jointly hosted an event – the National Engagement on COVID-19 Vaccination & Migrants: Leaving No One Behind.
![Migrant workers were more likely to experience a higher burden of COVID-19 infection (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific, Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/migrant1.jpg?itok=Ei94hs1m)
Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 01:15 PMOften overlooked in food security policies, indigenous uncultivated wild food and traditional crops is a major source of dietary diversity for tribal communities since millennia.
Droughts reduce India's GDP by 5 percent in twenty years
Posted on 24 May, 2022 08:37 PMDroughts reduced India’s gross domestic product by 2-5 per cent over 20 years from 1998-2017: Report
![India, vulnerable to droughts (Image: Pixabay; hbieser)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-05/drought.jpg?itok=pzSvRMKk)
MatiKalp: A low-cost solution for safe drinking water
Posted on 07 Apr, 2022 11:21 AMPoor consequences of unsafe drinking water and not following WASH behaviours are well documented. According to the World Health Organisation 1.7 billion cases of childhood diarrhoea occur globally every year.
![Meenadevi driking water from the low cost filter (Image Source: Sehgal Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/Meena%20Devi1.jpg?itok=adqK20Dc)
Prioritize equitable health to build well-being in societies for a healthier, fairer, and greener world: WHO
Posted on 07 Apr, 2022 09:05 AMWith climate change emerging as the single biggest threat facing humanity and nearly 13 million lives lost every year due to avoidable environmental causes, the World Health Organization is calling for prioritizing equitable health and accelerating steps to protect ecological systems and health to build wellbeing societies.
![South-East Asia has the highest number of deaths related to climate change (Image: Mohamed Hassan, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/air-pollution-g64fef8500_1920.jpg?itok=-XdAMfX_)
Indigenous food systems - in peril!
Posted on 20 Feb, 2022 11:46 AMWhile food systems globally are struggling to meet the nutritional needs of the growing populations, these have put a strain on land, water, soil, resources leading to a renewed interest in sustainable food systems. These, derived from sustainable cultures and ecosystems are often known to be accessible, affordable, safe, healthy and promote environmental stability.
![Indigenous food systems, in peril! (Image Source: Usha Dewani)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Aila_0.jpg?itok=4BBjl0eE)
Indigenous food systems - to cope with malnutrition
Posted on 18 Feb, 2022 10:01 AMAs India struggles to tackle malnutrition among women and children in the country as the NFHS data reveals, it is increasingly becoming clear that agrobiodiversity has an important role to play in ensuring sustainable and diverse diets and enhance health and nutrition, and may help m
![Land cleared for Jhum cultivation (Image Source: Prashanthns via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Jhum.jpg?itok=kI2_fZI7)
Poisonous encounters, fatal outcomes!
Posted on 13 Feb, 2022 12:15 AMArsenic, a commonly found element in nature is often referred to as a toxic substance and ranks number one in the 2001 priority list of hazardous substances and disease registry defined by WHO.
![A well in Rajasthan (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/Well%20in%20rajasthan.jpg?itok=-qv8IopL)