The Chennai Rain Centre - A one-stop information and assistance center on rainwater harvesting.

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A document on rainwater harvesting in Chennai

The Chennai Rain Centre, the first of its kind in the country, is a one-stop information and assistance center on rainwater harvesting.

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January 21, 2021

Natural resource management through a gender lens

Need to recognise women, the cogs in the feminisation of Indian agriculture

In incorporating female participation, some programmes only added (futile) burden on these women without challenging the current division of labour. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

January 20, 2021

Cereals drain India dry

A study on virtual water flows in interstate trade of cereals in India shows that cereals are rapidly draining the states that have the most critical levels of groundwater.

Cereals and millets at a bazaar in Nizampet, Hyderabad (Image Source: Aditya Madhav, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

January 18, 2021

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

Multilateral action needed for a green post-COVID-19 recovery.

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

January 18, 2021

India faced with the onslaught of rising temperature

Climate change induced disasters can cause disruption to human well being and the ecosystem.

2020 was one of the warmest years in India despite La Nina which typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.(Image: Tumisu, Pixabay)