Amita Bhaduri

Majuli Island: A tapestry of resilience and environmental harmony

Majuli serves as a symbol of both the delicate balance between human activity and the environment and the tenacity of its residents Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Addressing various aspects of women's lives to enhance their social, economic, and political status (Image: Rebuild India Fund)

Spatial pattern and clustering of open defecation in India

The study is the first to explore the spatial variations in open defecation practise in India Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Due to the lack of water supply, this community toilet complex is left to rot in the village Sanarpudur (Image: IWP Flickr)

Kodagu landslide survivors' experiences

A community-involved micro-level disaster management plan to ensure a coordinated disaster relief response Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Landslides have become an annual occurrence and have spread to other districts of the Western Ghats range (Image: Ashish Gupta; (CC BY 2.0))

How Indian laws are shaping the course of environmental sustainability

An in-depth exploration of environmental sustainability and the Indian legal system Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Indian environmental jurisprudence has been significantly shaped by a series of landmark judgments (Image: Carbon Herald)

Using water games for economic gains

A field account of how playing a water game helped a remote community utilize its water resources better Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Participatory gaming in the community dispels many myths and develops forums for group decision-making on the management of shared natural resources. (Image: FES)

Decoding ‘just transition’ in India: The conceptual underpinnings

Just transition, as a development planning and implementation strategy, has certain non-negotiable attributes. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

In the climate sphere, the approach of just transition aims at addressing injustices (Image: Kenueone, Pixabay)

Lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access

Immersive research for safer sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Assam launches ambitious water scheme to train over two lakh students as 'Jal Doots'

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Assam intends to reach intends to reach 100% coverage of FHTCs shortly (Image: Wallpaper Flare; Creative Commons)

Securing land rights for deprived urban communities

ActionAid drives change for deprived urban communities' rights to land, housing, and basic amenities Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Communities assert their right to urban land (Image: Abraham Chacko, Flickr Commons, (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0))

An anthropologist visits orans in Rajasthan

Orans are traditional sacred groves found in Rajasthan. These are community forests, preserved and managed by rural communities through institutions and codes that mark such forests sacred. Orans have significance for both, conservation and livelihood. The author visited two orans in Alwar district in Rajasthan and in this article, she writes about her observation. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Since ancient times, communities in Rajasthan have preserved these orans, and their lives have been inextricably entwined with them. (Image: Ranjita Mohanty)

Urgent need for coordinated effort to put out forest fires in Odisha

There is a strong correlation between forest fires and tendu prevalence in Odisha Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Forest fires ignited by natural causes, but major contribution of human action cannot be denied (Image: Naveen N K, Wikimedia Commons)

Investments in local risk resilience

UNICEF and G20 Disaster Risk Resilience (DRR) Working Group call for new social protection systems Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Social protection has emerged as an important policy instrument to utilise disaster risk finances (Image: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)

Conservation and collection practices in the sacred Thal Kedar forest of Uttarakhand

Both indigenous and scientific knowledge are equally important to promote biodiversity conservation Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

The sacred Thal Kedar forest is a common sacred center for people of different cultures, traditions, and beliefs (Image: Mini Mehta, eUttaranchal)

Bhuj citizens seek restoration of Hamirsar and other water bodies

Given Hamirsar's significance, the Jal Shakti Ministry had designated it as one of India's 75 water heritage monuments Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Need to resuscitate the traditional water system and expand its catchment (Image: Raman Patel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0)

Government plans to develop a carbon credit trading scheme for decarbonisation

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Ministry of Power & Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change plans an Indian Carbon Market to mobilize investments for transition to low-carbon pathways (Image: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)

Does micro irrigation really save water?

For achieving real water saving through micro irrigation, a mechanism for water regulation and allocation is essential Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Use of micro irrigation technology does not automatically result in a reduction in water consumption (Image: Anton: Wikimedia Commons)

Informal plastic waste recycling firms: Impacts on livelihood and health

A sustainable framework is needed for a healthy and safe working environment in the informal plastic waste recycling sector in India Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Informal plastic waste recycling firms has increased significantly since the 1990s (Image: Andreas, Pixabay)

How do Indian waste to energy plants compare with their global counterparts?

Segregation of dry and wet solid waste is a critical issue in the Indian context Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

EIA suggests lower GHG emission of waste-to-energy plants over landfill (Image: Norbert Nagel,Wikimedia Commons)

Melting glaciers thaw growth of Ladakh’s ice hockey

Threat of global warming puts practising at natural ice ponds at risk Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

Parkachik Glacier (Image: Mahua Sarkar, Wikimedia Commons)

Fiscal health of the State Pollution Control Boards

Has their financial predicament indirectly constrained their ability to fulfil their mandate effectively? Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 3 months ago

AI generated image of air pollution (Image: Alan Frijns from Pixabay)