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Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands
Call for nominations for the '6th Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards',Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Switzerland
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 10:42 AMThree Awards will be given in the following categories:
a) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use
b) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Innovation
c) The Ramsar Convention Award for Young Wetland Champions
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Environmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
Posted on 20 May, 2014 10:47 PMEnvironmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
![Launch of Narmada-Kshipra interlink (The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kshipra.jpg?itok=RBQKMPKh)
Small steps to win the big battle against water scarcity
Posted on 11 May, 2014 09:29 PMThe recent World Water Development Report by the United Nations has projected that India's demand for water is likely to surpass availability by 2050.
![Every drop counts (Vinoth Chandar via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_scarcity.jpg?itok=ovS_Qk97)
More power, but no water security to MP and Gujarat
Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:10 PMMore power, but no water security to MP and Gujarat, observes SANDRP
![Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_2006_india.jpg?itok=vI3GL3pa)
Invitation to the course on 'Urban Lakes and Wetlands', INTACH, New Delhi
Posted on 17 Apr, 2014 12:57 PMGet more information of the course on 'Urban Lakes and Wetlands'.
Know more about INTACH.
Download the poster and registration form for the course from below.
![Course on Urban Lakes & Wetlands by INTACH](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/logo_22.jpg?itok=tn97rpvC)
Ancient engineering marvels of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 02:06 PMSouth India has a rich tradition of tanks with the three southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributing to close to 92% of the total irrigation by tanks in the 1970s. Two decades later, this number dwindled to close to 53%. A decade after that, in 2001, the total contribution of tank irrigation in all of India was estimated to be just around 5.18%.
![Small tank near Thalambedu in Kanchipuram](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3089.jpg?itok=X7wSgRFV)
South Sikkim adapts to climate change
Posted on 02 Apr, 2014 12:11 AMClimate change poses a threat to all. Be it forests, water or agriculture- it affects everything. India's Northeast, particularly, has witnessed a great deal of this impact. Sikkim, the physical bridge between the Northeast and mainland India, is also bearing the brunt of climate change in a myriad ways with agriculture and water bearing the most pronounced repercussions.
![Climate change affects agriculture](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/climate_change_affects_agriculture.jpg?itok=96RBXwIo)
Maharashtra reels under hail storms and unseasonal rainfall
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra reels under hail storms
![Unseasonal rainfall in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mumbai_india_monsoon_clouds.jpg?itok=VCfmAvle)
Think about water while watching these movies
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:29 PMPeople learn and retain better through visual media. That's a fact. So what better way to bring attention to topics around the themes of water than by screening movies? That was the thought process behind organising an event on World Water Day with school students in Shimla.
![Participants at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3294.jpg?itok=p4tJZruT)
A better, bluer Bangalore
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:26 PMIn honour of World Water Day 2014, the theme at the Green Bazaar, a community event run by The Alternative, was water. India Water Portal collaborated to add some 'blue' to the 'green'.
![Green Bazaar in Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/green_blue_day.png?itok=Dz9h6r-B)