Amita Bhaduri
Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority
posted 2 years 4 months ago![Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0 Generic)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/water-anita-martinz.jpg?itok=mpOLxNnu)
Women and men’s differentiated vulnerability to disasters
posted 2 years 4 months ago![Woman trying to reach home during Cyclone Aila in 2009 (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/women-floods.jpg?itok=Srl0i28y)
Invest in organic and natural farming
posted 2 years 5 months ago![The agro-ecological movement has started gaining momentum (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/organic%20farming.jpg?itok=SumQchOE)
Social inclusion and behaviour change key to wetlands action for people and nature
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Ramsar Site: Kabartal Wetland (Site no. 2436) - Kabartal Wetland, also known as Kanwar Jheel, covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the northern Bihar State. The Site is one of 18 wetlands within an extensive floodplain complex; it floods during the monsoon season to a depth of 1.5 metres. (Image: Credit: Wetlands International South Asia, 2015)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/kabartal_wetland.jpg?itok=JZVcAd3o)
Budget briefs by Accountability Initiative: Highlights from key programmes
posted 2 years 5 months ago![A school boy from Tilonia drinks from a tap from a rainwater harvesting tank (Image: Barefoot photographers of Tilonia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/tap-lead.jpg?itok=wqBYa2lz)
Waghadi Bachao: A call for collective rejuvenation of the river
posted 2 years 5 months ago![River flow improved at Jarur since soil and moisture conservation measures along the catchment area were prioritised (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/After1-Jarur.jpg?itok=wfGuNMIO)
Assam: Technology used to map historical ponds of Darrang
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Lakhimpur pond (Image: Authors)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/lead_0.jpg?itok=WR1YDdgy)
A ready reckoner on emissions
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Smokestacks at a power plant (Image: Flickr/ Nick Humphries)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/smokestacks-power-plant.jpg?itok=a-Au_0jH)
Planning ahead: How the CRISP-M tool advances early climate action
posted 2 years 5 months ago![After a successful pilot, the CRISP-M tool is planned to roll out in two districts and seven states in India (Image: CRISP-M animation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/lead.jpg?itok=AFcLagOy)
Floodplain wetlands of the Diara region facing degradation
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Landscape-specific approaches instead of individual wetland-specific strategies if adopted, might help better interpret the wetland scenario (Image: Mapio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/wetland-malda-mapio.jpg?itok=Qsc4Qo1N)
National and international frameworks vital for implementing nature-based solutions
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Mangrove ecosystem (Image: Sigit Deni Sasmito/CIFOR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/mangrove-cifor.jpg?itok=FjrfFvV3)
India State of Forest Report 2021: Key takeaways
posted 2 years 5 months ago![ISFR 2021 tracked the forest cover in tiger reserves for the first time. Kanha tiger reserve (Image: Aditya Thaokar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Kanha_Forest%2C_India-Aditya-Thaokar-Wikimedia%20Commons.jpg?itok=0D6cuUhQ)
Systems at breaking point
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Sustainable agricultural practices lead to water saving, soil conservation, sustainable land management, conservation of natural resources, ecosystem and climate change benefits. (Image: Maheshwara, Pixahive)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Agriculture-pixahive-Maheshwara.jpg?itok=5XakZN96)
Book review: Water conflicts and resistance
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Water conflicts pose a challenge to India's river water governance (Image: sarangib, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/dam-tungabhadra-hospet.jpg?itok=IGUdQKq1)
Soil arsenic above 14 mg/kg can cause rice to be unsafe for consumption
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Soil contributes more than irrigation to rice-grain arsenic concentration (Image: Arjun Reddy, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/paddy-arjun-reddy-pixabay.jpg?itok=02RJFCOi)
India’s fossil fuel production plans not in sync with Paris agreement limits
posted 2 years 5 months ago![In 2020, India opened up its coal mining sector to private and foreign investment (Image: TripodStories-AB, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/1280px-Coal_Mine.jpg?itok=JrfDj7Sz)
Declining fertility rate and population in India
posted 2 years 5 months ago![Rapid population growth is one of the major causes of scarcity of resources like land and water (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/hyderabad-pixabay.jpg?itok=ZYo6VZxQ)
Reimaging the ecosystem
posted 2 years 6 months ago![Common Indian crow butterfly (Image: Abhilash A K Abhialeena)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/crow-butterfly-india.jpg?itok=VmnMA9-4)
Extreme weather driven by climate change cost the world billions in 2021
posted 2 years 6 months ago![Floods, cyclones and drought also killed and displaced millions across the globe in places which have done little to cause climate change. (Image: Save the Children)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/cyclone-phailin.jpg?itok=2o-D-Oxk)
Role of digital technologies in climate change adaptation solutions
posted 2 years 6 months ago![There is a need to include climate adaptation projects in regional cooperation platforms such as Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway that advance digital development (Image: ESCAP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/climate%20change_0.jpg?itok=XyWnfmSK)