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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/environment/sustainability/reforesting-majuli-how-jadav-payeng-and-a-hand-planted-forest-restore-a-river-island-in-assam</loc>
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<image:caption>Jadav Payeng: How individual agency and nature-led ecological recovery intersect. (Image: Wilimedia Commons)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Payeng on a stroll through the forest. (Credit: Jitu Kalita)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T12:40:07.909Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Reforesting Majuli: How Jadav Payeng and a hand-planted forest restore a river island in Assam</news:title>
<news:keywords>Jadav Payeng, Molai Forest, Majuli Island reforestation, Forest Man of India, Assam environmental restoration, Brahmaputra riverbank erosion, Hand-planted forest Assam, Low-tech soil engineering, Indigenous ecological stewardship, Bio-shield erosion control</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/climate-change/disasters/the-weight-of-water-how-himalayan-hydrological-shifts-are-quietly-reshaping-seismicity</loc>
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<image:caption>Himalayan water loss &amp; seismicity: How hydrological shifts stress the crust (Image: Chief Hira, Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Fig. (a) Seismotectonics of the Himalayas, showing geology, elevation, and major faults, (b) seasonal occurrence of earthquakes (Mw - 2.0–6.0). (Map: Authors)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T07:24:57.826Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The weight of water: How Himalayan hydrological shifts are quietly reshaping seismicity </news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/consultant-environment-sustainability-and-resilience-childfund-india-bhubaneshwar-mumbai-delhi</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T06:56:23.815Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Consultant – Environment, Sustainability and Resilience, ChildFund India, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Delhi</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/rfp-from-reputed-agencies-individual-to-conduct-a-feasibility-study-for-the-project-to-be-implemented-in-up-and-bihar-india-supported-by-bmz-terre-des-hommes-germany-uttar-pradesh-bihar</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T06:53:08.144Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RFP from Reputed Agencies / Individual to conduct a Feasibility Study for the project to be implemented in UP and Bihar, India, supported by BMZ, Terre des Hommes Germany, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/rfp-for-the-biodiversity-status-and-repeat-assessment-in-non-protected-areas-of-sundarbans-tnc-nature-conservancy-india-solutions-private-limited-ncis-sundarbans-west-bengal</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T06:49:13.131Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>RFP - for the Biodiversity status and Repeat assessment in non-protected areas of Sundarbans, TNC -Nature Conservancy India Solutions Private Limited (NCIS), Sundarbans, West Bengal</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/programme-manager-environment-livelihood-skill-development-fiinovation-new-delhi</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-28T06:46:35.426Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Programme Manager - (Environment / Livelihood / Skill Development), Fiinovation, New Delhi,</news:title>
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