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Water management - Mounting challenges and responses - A report on the three day seminar jointly organised by KSCSTE and C Achutha Menon Foundation, Trivandrum from the 21st to the 23rd December 2012
Posted on 14 Mar, 2013 10:12 PMThis three day national seminar was jointly organised by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, and the C Achutha Menon Foundation (AMF), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and included presentations and discussions on a range of water related themes such as water scarcity, water conservation, commercialisation of water, water conflicts and water management.
The seminar aimed at creating awareness and triggering a dialogue among scientists, academicians, researchers, activists, as well as lay people on the emerging challenges related to water resources, water quality and water conservation in the state of Kerala. The seminar was inaugurated by Shri V M Sudheeran, Ex MP and former speaker, while Dr Rajasekaran Pillai, Executive Vice President KSCSTE, delivered the keynote address with the felicitation by Shri M P Achuthan, MP.
The seminar included discussions under five different themes related to water issues that included water scarcity, water conservation, commercialisation of water, water as an new area for conflicts and water management.
The three day seminar on water management at the Achuta Menon Foundation, Trivandrum, Kerala
Water in movies: Exploring the role of water in mainstream media and popular culture
Posted on 11 Mar, 2013 03:20 PMFrom the serious to the absurd, water has featured across a breadth of movies, both in Hollywood and Bollywood.
The state of environmental migration in 2011
Posted on 07 Mar, 2013 05:15 PMEnvironmental degradation & climate change have induced human mobility by creating environmental migrants.
#SparkTheRise Twitter conference on ‘Water sustainability - A key to our future’, by Mahindra and Ashoka India
Posted on 07 Mar, 2013 11:03 AM
Lets paint our cities green ! - Issues of collective effort come to the fore at the organic urban gardening conference in Chennai
Posted on 06 Mar, 2013 10:25 AMThe maddening pace of cities have the potential to drive one up the wall. But, there are options - to unwind and to mend the disconnect. Tending to plants is a popular hobby and it is a fact that a sizeable number of city dwellers have taken to gardening in the past, finding solace in twines and tendrils.
An evaluative study on the informal water distribution system in Kaula Bandar slum in Mumbai- A paper in BioMed Central Public Health Journal
Posted on 03 Mar, 2013 07:22 PMAs a result of rapid urbanisation, majority of migrated population is forced to settle in places which are not legally recognised by state authorities. These areas thus lack in basic services like water supply and sewerage. Consequently, the slum dwellers often resort to illegal methods to avail these services.
Catch Every Drop: The Water Warrior contest
Posted on 27 Feb, 2013 06:08 PMImagine there's no water
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to cook or clean with
And no flushing too!
Imagine all the people
Living life in vain
RNTC invites applications for its Netherlands Fellowship Programme on Multimedia Journalism & Water - Apply by May 7, 2013
Posted on 27 Feb, 2013 03:06 PMThe Netherlands Fellowship Programme
The Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) is a demand-driven fellowship programme designed to foster capacity building within organisations by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.
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An insight into the management of forest resources by tribal communities in Kargata and Bhagwanpur villages in Vidarbha, Maharashtra
Posted on 25 Feb, 2013 10:03 PMThe Forest Conservation Act and Forest Rights Act have acquired significant attention ever since they were passed in 1980 and 2006. While the former restricts the alteration brought to the forestland, the latter extends the rights of forest dwellers to use its resources.
Strategies for achieving environmental sustainability in rural development - A report by United Nations Development Programme
Posted on 23 Feb, 2013 10:22 AMThis report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presents strategies for inclusive rural development embodying the principles of environmental sustainability. It recommends measures needed to achieve green, including measuring and tracking, the use incentives and the building of capacities. It also contains a number of case studies showing how green results can be achieved.