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Gorgonians, one of the highly traded species, which is protected under WLPA (Photo : Vardhan Patankar)

Engage local communities to protect marine life: study

Study shows need for awareness, involvement of local stakeholders to protect marine life

Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Twenty-six states under threat of desertification

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Ten thousand litres overhead tank to supply piped water (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government

Policy matters this week

WOTR’s holistic approach integrates environmental, social and development challenges. (Image Source: WOTR)

From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond

While WOTR’s work has contributed to improving SDG outcomes, what are the learnings from the efforts made by the organisation to map and identify the pathways that have brought about this change?

A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

India, in the eye of a storm!

The incidence and intensity of tropical cyclonic storms during monsoons is increasing in India. Can historical analysis help understand and cope with them better?

Image for representational purposes only. Image credit: India Water Portal

Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach

An analysis of the effectiveness of the Composite Water Management Index as a policy-making tool

Ganga's riverflow near Dhari Devi temple in Uttarakhand (Image: SuryaGanga Facebook Page)

Surya Ganga: A film review

The film Surya Ganga makes a case for a shift in India’s energy policy towards renewable sources.

Chandrabhaga river through Pangi valley, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Climate change real, warns Pangi tribe

The effects of climate change are felt by the indigenous communities residing in the Himalayan region. How are they coping with these changes?

Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)

Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana

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SBM reduced groundwater contamination in many villages. (Source: IWP via Flickr photos)

UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination

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Cotton production in the country is expected to go up by 10 percent as compared to last year. (Image: Kimberly Vardeman, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

Skymet Weather releases kharif crop estimate 2019

With over 50 percent of the cultivable area being rain-fed, the farm economy could be in a precarious situation with the ongoing rain deficiency.

Narratives from Korba in Chhattisgarh is proof that breathing the dust laden air near the power plant is injurious to health. (Image: Ishan Tankha)

Air pollution surges to emergency levels in India

Measures to deal with air pollution inadequate and poorly implemented in India due to lack of political will.

Determining the long-term effects of the flood-tolerant rice variety Swarna-Sub1. (Image: Centre for Effective Global Action)

Food security with flood, drought-resistant rice crops

New drought and flood tolerant rice varieties can ease water constraints and ensure food security, study says.

As India continues in its nutrition transition, people currently consuming the rice and low diversity pattern will be likely to adopt more diverse diets (Image: Senthil T S K, Wikimedia Commons)

GHG emissions, water footprints of dietary patterns

Rice-based diets had higher emissions but wheat-based diets used more water, says study.

Access to information helps improve crop output among farmers. (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Caste and farmer’s access to quality information

A study finds that farmers from socially-marginalised castes continue to be disadvantaged in accessing agricultural extension services.

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

Jal Shakti ministry formed to tackle water woes

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India witnesses the second driest pre-monsoon spell (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

India witnesses second driest pre-monsoon spell in 65 years

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The Yamuna river and its people (Image: Shashwat Jain, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

Understanding the Yamuna and life around it

A panel of experts and representatives of the riverine community discuss changes observed in the Yamuna and its relationship with people.

Dr Mitchel Harley (far right) at the installation of a CoastSnap station in Fiji. Photo credit: Navneet Lal

Revolutionising coastal monitoring, one social media photo at a time

A citizen science project led by engineers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is using crowd-sourced photos to understand changing coastlines.