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Video | Rainwater harvesting by the “hill dwelling” Sauria Paharia community: Compensating loss of forest cover through agriculture – Jharkhand

Posted on 24/07/2018 by website administrator

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Videovolunteers | Read the full story here >>Published on Feb 7, 2017  In the hills of Jharkhand reside the … Continue reading →

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Tip | How to improve the living conditions for India’s tribal communities: World Water Day held annually on 22 March – United Nations

Posted on 22/03/2017 by website administrator

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 … Continue reading →

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Bhil communities’ success story: Reviving the custom known as “halma” to conserve water – Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 15/01/2017 by website administrator

Ritesh Mishra, Hindustan Times, Indore, 13-3-16 Halma has united tribes people to conserve environment and water Until now, tribes people have planted more than 11,000 trees in 110 villages, repaired more than 250 hand pumps and dug more than three dozen big … Continue reading →

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Tip | Teaching children how to use a video camera: “Beyond Borders” on the universality of our need for water – Delhi

Posted on 19/08/2013 by website administrator

Tushar Khurana, The Hindu, Delhi, April 15, 2013 Children experiment with a variety of genres to make films on water So what do you get when you take a bunch of kids, show them some documentaries, teach them how to use … Continue reading →

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The Western Ghats are no ordinary ecosystem: They constitute the water tower of peninsular India

Posted on 02/05/2013 by website administrator

Madhav Gadgil & Ligia Noronha, The Hindu, 2-5-13  […] This is a challenging time in India’s development history where a number of tenets of environmental governance are being questioned by the imperative of growth. Environmental governance in India is under … Continue reading →

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