Environment: Himalayas, Water And Many Other Things
These posts will dwell on environment, water, climate change, forests, air pollution, Himalayas and basically anything and everything that our atmosphere has
An incomplete and non-updated resources inventory from almost 25 states on IDRN can undo the meagre preparedness and prove hindrance in the daunting relief and rehabilitation work in case of …
Nepal Quake Underscores the Need for Updated Resource Inventory Read MoreIs the government really serious about rehabilitation of manual scavengers? New Delhi: It is centuries old, most inhuman of the practices. And unfortunately, despite the rule of law, it is …
‘Manual scavenging-free India’ still a distant dream Read MoreSantosh Nepal and Arun Bhakta Shrestha, ICIMOD It is difficult to think of a resource more essential to the well being of people and their economies than water, …
The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions Read MoreWhile the political spotlight focused on the world’s two biggest polluters − China and the US − in the run-up to the Lima climate talks, pressure is mounting on India …
India claims plan for new energy mix is a game-changer Read MoreSatellite image of the vast Ganges river delta in Bangladesh and India Image: NASA World Wind via Wikimedia Commons A study of the five countries sharing and relying on the …
South Asia slow to act on water threats Read MoreSmall and marginal farmers in India’s Himachal Pradesh state are supplementing their income from vegetable production thanks to poly-houses that regulate temperature and other climatic conditions Jagdish Chandra inside his …
Poly-houses help India’s farmers survive erratic weather Read More‘The Lakes Are Still Alive’ by Anupam Mishra is helping villagers rediscover ancient water-conservation methods. This year, in the parched district of Mahoba in Bundelkhand, in southern Uttar Pradesh, where …
For more than 20 years, a slim book has helped Indian farmers become self-reliant in water Read MoreToday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) will be releasing ‘Building Sense: Beyond the Green Façade of Sustainable Habitat’, its first publication on the ‘green’ building sector. Its invitation …
The really sustainable housing Read MoreThe World Meterological Organisation (WMO) declared 2001-2010 as the ‘Decade of Climate Extremes’. Then we had Uttarakhand disaster in 2013 and we are still dealing with the recent massive floods …
People’s Climate March in Delhi Read MoreWith Jammu & Kashmir deluged, should the media be doing more to cover the environmental issues that culminate in these disasters? A study of the north east shows the environment …
Neglecting the environment at our peril Read More