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Environment and Ecology
Solid waste management: Why integrating informal sector is a must
There is an urgent need to frame and implement a uniform waste-picker welfare law that recognises and integrates them into the waste management chain.
Environment and Ecology
At 75, is India behaving like a responsible elder? Its ecological record does not indicate it is…
How can livelihood security and dignity be ensured for hundreds of millions of people in ways that also ensure ecological security?
Environment and Ecology
Changing lives around the Mahakali
Women's role in governance, water management and conservation pivotal for transboundary water dialogues with villages across the river in Uttarakhand
Environment and Ecology
हर घर का फैमिली फार्मर बनाना होगा (in Hindi)
बीजोत्सव से किसान और उपभोक्ताओं के बीच संबंध बन रहा है, बिचौलियों की भूमिका कम हो रही है और किसानों को उनकी फसल का उचित दाम मिल रहा है
Livelihoods
Open Prisons Work – Lessons From India
Open prisons are a humane solution for rehabilitation, leading to negligible rates of recidivism, at a fraction of the cost of regular prisons.
Politics
PRESS RELEASE- URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT GOBA SYSTEM OF LADAKH
Encouraging the UT Administration and the Hill Council, along with Ladakhi society, to recognise and strengthen the goba (or nambardar) system.
Environment and Ecology
जंगल और नदी कैसे बचाते हैं भारिया? (In Hindi)
भारिया आदिवासियों का जंगल व नदी बचाने का अपना तरीका है, वे जंगल की कटाई-छंटाई और नदी की साफ करते हैं, बल्कि उन्होंने पीढ़ियों से देसी पौष्टिक अनाज भी बचाए हैं
Environment and Ecology
Forest rights good for forests too: This Odisha village shows how
The independence and ownership of the forest have allowed the villagers to regenerate the woods with depleted vegetation.
Assessment of traditional rainwater harvesting system in barren lands of a semi-arid region: A case study of Rajasthan
During the monsoon season, the excess rainwater from Chauka and ponds flows into the river. This seasonal river meets a larger dam downstream that provides water to many districts in Rajasthan