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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/environment/ecology/can-bamboo-and-bioengineering-help-restore-and-stabilise-the-eastern-himalayas</loc>
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<image:caption>Bamboo serves as a natural, self-healing shield to prevent landslides (Image: PxHere)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Bamboo based handicrafts being sold at a market (Image: com4tablydumb) </image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-11T15:50:18.423Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Can bamboo and bioengineering help restore and stabilise the Eastern Himalayas?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Bamboo bioengineering, Eastern Himalayas restoration, Nature-based solutions, Slope stabilization bamboo, Climate resilience Himalayas, Soil erosion prevention, Bamboo green infrastructure, Watershed restoration, Landslide mitigation bamboo, Ecological restoration Asia</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/rivers-and-lakes/climate-change-puts-loktak-lakes-rohu-fish-habitat-under-pressure</loc>
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<image:caption>Warming and low oxygen shrink rohu habitat of Loktak lake by 2100 (Image:  Zehawk/Flickr)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-11T12:27:11.630Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Climate change puts Loktak Lake’s rohu fish habitat under pressure </news:title>
<news:keywords>Loktak Lake climate change, Rohu fish habitat Manipur, Labeo rohita habitat loss, Freshwater ecosystem stress, Manipur fisheries threat, Wetland thermal stratification, Loktak Lake phumdis pollution, Dissolved oxygen aquatic life, Ecological Indicators Loktak study, Ramsar wetland climate impacts</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/consultant-policy-and-governance-iwp</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-10T01:53:20.343Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Consultant, Policy and Governance- IWP</news:title>
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