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BBC World Challenge Award 2010
Posted on 30 Sep, 2010 07:10 AMContent and Image Courtesy: BBC World News
The finalists of World Challenge will be profiled on BBC World News in six 30 minute programmes. You can vote for your favourite project/business on this website. Voting will open on 27th September 2010 and will close at midnight (GMT) on 12th November 2010.
Field experiences by Avinash Krishnamurthy, BIOME Solutions
Posted on 29 Sep, 2010 11:04 AMOne of the oldest "People's electricity" systems I have ever seen (Please read the notes for each of the videos). Of course this trip had even better high points - wine made from Gooseberry and Nutmeg - all locally brewed. So travelling in the midst of hills, sipping local wine, seeing some great work, (and providing perspectives for someone-else to write - is this work or what?
Training program on "Development Documentation and Report Writing", BVPDTC, Warangal
Posted on 28 Sep, 2010 12:50 PMWater law and policy in India - Capacity building workshop for women in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh
Posted on 27 Sep, 2010 03:30 PMWater law and policy framework in India has undergone significant changes in the last couple decades. Given the complex nature of the law and policy framework, the awareness among common people is minimal or nil. This is an irony given the fact that recent law and policy changes call for ‘users’ to be as a key player in the management and development of water.
The deepest cut: Political ecology in the dredging of a new sea mouth in Chilika lake - Orissa (India)
Posted on 21 Sep, 2010 09:19 AMThis paper published in the journal Conservation and Society reassesses/debates the decision taken by the government to dredge a new sea mouth in the Chilika Lake in Orissa, India, which was based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) studies.
The paper argues that decisions such as these need to be understood and evaluated by taking into consideration not only the underlying technical aspects, but by also exploring the political and historical contexts in which decisions are taken.
Save agriculture in Narmada valley
Posted on 20 Sep, 2010 04:44 PMNarmada valley is facing yet another crisis beyond the gigantic dams, which has arisen due to the huge canal network of the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals. The canals of these two dams are not yet fully planned, yet certain estimates, which are not yet final by the Narmada Valley Development Authority show that not less than 10,000 hectares of agricultural land is to be acquired, but a larger acquisition is yet to come up in numerous villages, where even a basic socio-economic survey of the affected land and families is yet to be undertaken.
Workshops for NGO Professionals on Fund Raising, Pentagon Consultants, Pune
Posted on 16 Sep, 2010 04:25 PMOrganizer: Pentagon Consultants
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Draft paper on 'Monitoring Compliance of Environment / CRZ clearance conditions A New Approach'
Posted on 16 Sep, 2010 03:26 PMPlease consider signing this online petition drafted by the Environmental Support Group, who have been AID's partner for 10 years now (esgindia.org). This letter is regarding a 'Draft Paper' on 'Monitoring Compliance of Environment/CRZ clearance Conditions – A New Approach' drafted by an in-house Review Committee constituted on 25th August 2010 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Manual on water supply and treatment - CPHEEO (MoUD)
Posted on 15 Sep, 2010 11:17 PMThis manual has been developed by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), a department under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and serves as a standard guide in public health engineering by providing a code of day to day practice for public health engineers to follow.
Arghyam is looking for Urban Water Consultant
Posted on 15 Sep, 2010 02:40 PMContent and Image Courtesy: Arghyam
Arghyam is a non-profit foundation, based in Bangalore and focussing on water issues.
We are looking for a consultant who will work with us on creating decision-making tools for practitioners in the field of urban water. We are specifically looking at creating easy-to-use tools that administrators or engineers, especially in towns and smaller cities across the country, will find useful. This is part of our Integrated Urban Water Management project, where we are looking at interrelating the planning and management of all aspects of urban water (surface water, groundwater, wastewater and stormwater management, equity and access for the poor, institutional aspects, governance aspects etc.)