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Geospatial Energy Mapper : A New Tool to Map Out Clean Energy Infrastructure
An update to the Energy Zones Mapping Tool, the Geospatial Energy Mapper is an online tool with an extensive catalogue of mapping data for energy planning. It can help identify areas that are suitable for clean energy infrastructure projects.
Electric Vehicle Charging Market - Driven by Software Now
Julien Deconinck says software innovations are now providing solutions to many of the scaling challenges and will play a crucial role in electric vehicle adoption.
Africa's Green Hydrogen Potential
Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonize heavy industry, enhance global competitiveness and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy. The analysis has been commissioned by the European Investment Bank, the International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal, and UCLG Africa.
Protecting The One-Horned Rhinoceros - Lesser Poaching Incidents in Assam Now
In this article, Nava Thakuria highlights that poaching incidents of rhinoceros in various forest reserves of Assam in northeast India have decreased drastically. Brutal laws against the poachers, strengthening of ground staff inside the protected forest areas, and increasing public awareness in the fringe localities of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the State have positively impacted the mission to save the one-horned rhinos.
Giving to Amplify Earth Action
The IKEA Foundation has joined a new initiative, Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), by the World Economic Forum. The initiative will leverage philanthropic capital to generate the $3 trillion needed each year from public and private sources to tackle climate change and nature loss.
The Art of Bird Conservation
Rupa Samaria is a bird artist who aims at creating awareness on the issue of bird conservation through her art works both in India and overseas. The birds on her canvas come alive. Well, their calls can also be listened to. In a chat with N Kalyani, the Delhi-based artist shares the kind of art she creates, and the conservation issues that she thus espouses. Samaria also reminisces the house sparrow, a bird rarely seen now in urban settings.
Nature-Based Solutions - Used by Tribals in India
In this article, Himanshu Kumar and Nikita Sethi discuss the concept of nature-based solutions and how ignored communities and tribals have substantially contributed to nature conservation and sustainable resource management. Documenting and integrating the indigenous technical knowledge systems into modern knowledge systems could be highly beneficial for India to move towards a more resilient and sustainable future.
E-Rickshaws in Matheran - Tilting in Favour of Environment
In this article, Gajanan Khergamker examines the conundrum that has been surrounding the introduction of e-rickshaws in Matheran, a hill station in Maharashtra. The author feels that whatever is best in the interests of everyone should be done because after all, it’s the human whose interest is paramount in any developed society.
Green Skills Workforce Training - Paving the Way to Net Zero
Rehan Haque, CEO of metatalent.ai, discusses how green skills training via AI-moderated orkforce upskilling is important for businesses to adopt to prepare for a greener economy.
Enterprise in Waste Management - Saahas Zero Waste
Though much has been done by city municipal authorities in recent years in terms of waste segregation and collection at household levels, it remains a burgeoning problem in our urban areas. In this article, Lata Vishwanath highlights the work done by Saahas Zero Waste (SZW). From its humble beginnings as a small NGO doing waste collection, SZW has grown, over the last two decades, into a social enterprise, as a leader with best practices in managing Bengaluru’s solid waste and thereby reducing its harmful impact to the earth and environment.
Harvesting Untapped Source of Freshwater - Researchers Propose New Structures
An almost limitless supply of freshwater exists in the form of water vapour above Earth's oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said. A new study suggests an investment in new infrastructure capable of harvesting oceanic water vapour as a solution to limited supplies of freshwater in various locations around the world.
Sustainable Groundwater Management in Lucknow For Sustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Water Use
The study finds that the groundwater exploitation in Lucknow is 17 times more than the rate of recharge and projects a decline in the water table in various areas of the city.
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Cleaning Musi River - Learning from International Examples
This insightful article by Sonia Grover and Charu Bhanot is an outcome of literature survey done for a project for two basins—Yamuna and Musi rivers. In the earlier article, they discussed about Yamuna River. This article is particularly on Musi River and talks about the challenges and reflections from best practices at international scale that could be used as learning to improve water quality of the basins.
Butterfly Ecology and Conservation - A Review
In this article, Onam Vaid throws light on the fact that butterflies play an important role in the ecosystem as they are pollinators and components of the food chain. Butterflies help scientists in ascertaining the health of environment. But, the research studies on butterflies are very limited. Further research should be conducted to obtain details and documentation on butterfly diversity for their conservation.
Sacred Groves - Cultural and Environmental Significance
Sacred groves are forest fragments of varying sizes, which are protected, and which usually have a significant religious connotation for the protecting community. Hunting and logging are usually strictly prohibited within these areas. In this article, Shakti Bishnoi and A S Bishnoi discuss about the cultural and ecological significance of sacred groves in Indian culture.
Drones in Agriculture: Harnessing the Power of Drones for Sustainable Agriculture
In this article, Rajesh Aggarwal talks about the future of drones in Sustainable Agriculture and the many benefits that they can bring to the table. The increasing popularity of drones is opening up new possibilities in a lot of sectors. Their application in agricultural practices reveals unforeseen advantages that can hugely benefit the farmers.
RWAs and Sustainability
How RWAS Promote a Sustainable Urban Environment
Greater One-horned Rhino Estimation - The Successful Completion of the One-Horned Rhino Estimation in Assam
Implementation to preserve and promote an endangered species is important; so is mapping the progress of our plans to know how far we've come and how must we proceed. This article, by Amit Sharma and Somreet Bhattacharya, shares the successful account of estimation of the Greater one-horned Rhino population in the national parks and sanctuaries of Assam. Amid varying challenges, the WWF India team with support from the Govt. and Forest officials of Assam, undertook this task and came back with favourable results and a hope for the future of these animals.
Netafim’s Irrigation Project - For Higher Crop Productivity
Netafim India, a leading smart irrigation solution provider, along with global agronomist Ityel Eviatar, has commenced a four-month-long training programme for farmers of Singataluru Lift Irrigation Project package 1 and 3) in Gadag, Karnataka. This farmer education programme aims to reach thousands of growers of onion, maize, chilly, cotton, groundnut, red gram, and marigold, in the project area and empower them with the knowledge of Good Agriculture Practices.
Home to Stay? - India Translocates Eight Cheetahs from Namibia to Kuno National Park
As we write, an unusual-looking aircraft, with the face of a big cat painted on its snout, is on its way from Namibia in Africa, to India. Its passengers are exotic, gorgeous and much-awaited. Eight cheetahs are on that flight. Benita Sen follows their news.
From Waste to Décor: Recycling Crop Waste into Pulp and Board
From being a major political and environmental issue, to becoming a characteristic of Indian winters: stubble burning and the subsequent pollution it causes has been a matter of concern since the last decade.In this article, Dr Rina Mukherji talks about CRASTE-a start-up with the potential to solve this issue. By recycling crop waste, CRASTE helps the farmers better deal with the same, as well as creates employment opportunities in India's rural areas.
India's Women Farmers: The Unimagined Mass
India is known for its agricultural produce, but what we do not know, or perhaps tend to overlook, is the contribution of women in the growth of this sector. In this article, Himanshu Kumar and Vivek Kumar enlighten us about the role of women in the agriculture sector and some of the problems they face.
Potful
Serving Biryani in an Environment-friendly Way
Making India a Sustainable Superpower: Leveraging Culture and Social Inclusion
Sustainable development has four pillars; culture, social inclusion, environment, and economy Any country can become a sustainable superpower by focusing on all the four pillars. Ram Ramprasad expounds if we need to build a sustainable ecosystem, then culture needs to enliven the pearls of wisdom in the ancient cultural practices of India, and unite them with the sustainable technological innovations occurring all over the world. This union can propel India to become a sustainable economic superpower. While the article focuses on India, concepts are applicable to other countries as appropriate.
Gather to Garden (G2G)
Case study of a project on Terrace Gardening as micro enterprise
Inherent Risks Of ‘Natural' Foods
How Awareness Has To Keep Pace With The Law To Make A Difference
Honey Bee, the Pollinator
An ancient fossil reveals the earliest panda to survive solely on bamboo and the evolutionary history of panda's false thumbs.
Replacing coal with wastes
A win-win opportunity for reducing use of fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions
MSW Management
The pitiable situation of Municipal Solid Waste Management