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Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy

Policy matters this fortnight

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 18 Mar, 2023 04:19 PM

Tamil 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)

How to restore India's degraded pond ecosystem

In order to promote a regenerative system for biodiversity protection, the relationship between the pond ecosystem and the circular economy was also evaluated.

Shweta Yadav

V C Goyal

Posted on 11 Mar, 2023 09:41 AM

Healthy pond ecosystems are critical for achieving several sustainable development goals (SDG) through numerous ecosystem services (e.g., flood control, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration).

Temple pond in Kerala (Image: Sreekanth V, Wikimedia Commons)

Green growth finds prominence in the Union Budget 2023-24

News this month

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Posted on 03 Feb, 2023 09:45 AM

Green growth finds prominence in the Union Budget 2023-24

Mangrove forest at Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Shankaran Murugan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Heavy metals poison Veeranam lake in Tamil Nadu

This study found large deposits of heavy metals in the tissues and organs of water birds, crabs and fish inhabiting the lake indicating heavy metal contamination of the lake waters.

Marimuthu Govindarajan

Posted on 25 Jan, 2023 02:26 PM

Wetlands in India, under threat!

A view of the Veeranam lake in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Giri9703 via Wikimedia Commons)

Local recycling of moisture via wetlands and forests high in North-East India

Floods in Brahmaputra greatly increases the surficial water availability in low lying floodplains and wetlands, promoting enhanced recycling via evaporation.

Posted on 21 Jan, 2023 09:49 AM

North-East India, home to the wettest place on the planet (Mawsynram), is a major biodiversity hotspot.

The region with its vast wetlands and forest cover is akin to the Amazon (Image: Ashwin Kumar, Wikimedia Commons)

Water storage in river basins dips in 2021, drier than normal conditions to blame: WMO

News this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 15 Dec, 2022 06:07 PM

Significant drop in the volume of Ganga river water and groundwater in the river basin, reveals WMO report

Ganga river in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr album)

Small scale inland open water fisheries of India

What is the status of inland fisheries in India? Read these situational analysis reports to know about inland fisheries, the life of the fisherfolk, governance and tenure in inland fisheries and threats to the sustainability of inland fisheries.

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Posted on 04 Dec, 2022 11:24 AM

What are inland waters

Fishing in an irrigation canal in Kerala (Image Source: Martin Pilkinton via Wikimedia Commons)

Categorising watersheds for freshwater ecosystem conservation in India

These maps at the watershed scales have been made to not only ensure inclusion of different freshwater ecosystems, their connectivity and hydrological processes, but can also provide a spatial context for conservation decisions.

Posted on 25 Nov, 2022 04:20 PM

We invite your feedback and contributions to this article. Please view the maps by clicking the link at the end of the article.

A stream at Anini, Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Roshni Arora)

India joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27

News this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 17 Nov, 2022 01:33 PM

India joins the newly formed Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC)

Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India

Adoption of hybrid solutions - grey and green structures appropriate for resilience building

UNEP

Posted on 16 Nov, 2022 10:54 PM

Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working a

Healthy wetland ecosystems help in reducing disaster risks and managing climate risks (Image: Pxhere)

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July 21, 2024

भारत के पर्वतीय जल स्रोतों (स्प्रिंग्स) की स्थिति और इनके सतत प्रबंधन हेतु जल शक्ति मंत्रालय के प्रयास (भाग 2)

शैलेन्द्र पटेल, बावधन नौले-धारे के पास, पुणे (फोटो स्रोत: तुषार सरोदे)

July 21, 2024

भारत के पर्वतीय जल स्रोतों (स्प्रिंग्स) की स्थिति और इनके सतत प्रबंधन हेतु जल शक्ति मंत्रालय के प्रयास (भाग 1)

विभिन्न संगठनों द्वारा मानचित्रित किये गए कुल स्प्रिंग्स की संख्या और नीति आयोग की रिपोर्ट में देश भर में संभावित स्प्रिंग्स की संख्या (लगभग 30 से 50 लाख) को संज्ञान में रखते हुए जल शक्ति मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार द्वारा स्प्रिंगशेड प्रबंधन हेतु गठित समिति द्वारा यह महसूस किया गया कि इनकी सम्पूर्ण देश में वास्तविक गणना अति आवश्यक है। इस क्रम में जल शक्ति मंत्रालय द्वारा देश के सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों में प्रथम स्प्रिंग सेन्सस हेतु नोडल एजेंसियां चिन्हित कर अगस्त, 2023 में राष्ट्रीय स्तर का प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रम नई दिल्ली में आयोजित किया गया।

कश्मीर के अनंतनाग जिले में वेरीनाग चश्मा (छवि स्रोत: विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स)

July 21, 2024

Karnataka to launch floating solar energy parks on its lakes

News this fortnight

Floating solar. Far Niente vineyard in Napa Valley, California. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Solarwriter via Wikimedia Commons)

July 21, 2024

भूजल से संवरेगा कल

जल संकट का स्थायी समाधान भूजल ही है। इसी से हमारा कल यानि भविष्य संवर सकता है। अन्यथा जल के लिए संघर्ष होता रहेगा। खासतौर पर दूरस्थ ग्रामीण अंचलों में पीने के जल का गंभीर संकट उत्पन्न हो जाता है। महिलाओं को कई किलोमीटर दूर जाकर जल लाना पड़ता है। क्योंकि उनके अपने गांव-कस्बे या क्षेत्र में भूमिगत जल स्रोत पूर्णतः सूख गए होते हैं।

रंदुल्लाबाद, महाराष्ट्र में एक सिंचाई कुआँ। छवि स्रोत: इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल