Environment and Ecology

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

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This section relates to initiatives that promote the principles of ecological integrity and limits. These are initiatives which envision models of decentralized conservation of land, water and biodiversity, based on a respect for both local and modern knowledge, and considering environment as an integral part of life and work. It also highlight attempts at linking livelihoods to ecological regeneration and restoration at local and landscape level. It will feature innovative attempts to deal with problems of pollution and waste. Overall, this section will try to work towards an understanding of the ecosystem which includes sociological, historical and geographical considerations while deciding on the path that local urban/ rural communities and the larger society take towards well-being.

MP govt to provide subsidised solar water pumps to farmers

The use of solar pumps will increase the cultivable land area, enable multi-cropping, reduce dependence on diesel pumps, reduce distribution loss

Bend it like bamboo: Meet the Hyderabad couple building eco-friendly houses with the plant

The bamboo houses that Bamboo House India makes cost around Rs 2.5 lakh and come with all amenities. The house will last for at least 30 years

मुक्काम पोस्ट लामकानी (in Marathi)

उत्तम नेतृत्व, तरुणांची साथ आणि वडिलधा-यांचा पाठिंबा याचं फलित लामकानीच्या पर्यावरणीय पुनरुज्जीवनात दिसतं आहे

A for alternative, E for environment

EVS or environmental studies class found the older students inspecting a bund in the elevated parts of the campus. The rains were around the corner.

One person’s pest is other’s pet

Meeting a city-based bee conservationist was a real eye-opener

Fishers turn climate scientists to save beaches

A community-managed shoreline monitoring project is tracking changes to beaches to safeguard an ecosystem that is vital for fisherfolk

भीमाशंकर अभयारण्यात मधमाश्या महोत्सव – आदिवासींचा उपक्रम (in Marathi)

वन उपजांवर आधारित उपजीविकांना प्रोत्साहन देण्याचे स्थानीय महिलांच्या जय सत्गुरू स्व-मदत गटासह कल्पवृक्ष व अन्य गटांचे प्रयत्न सुरू आहेत.

Honey Bee Festival by Adivasis in Bhimashankar Sanctuary area

Display and sale of wild bee honey and other local produce, reading of children's book on honeybees, presentations by local people, painting ...

Holy hill gets its groves back

An afforestation initiative led by naturalists and locals has resulted in the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, shedding its barren, brown visage.