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Another Indian city, Bhubaneswar, inching closer to a groundwater crisis

Pragati Prava The capital city of Odisha is inching towards becoming a semi-critical zone so far as the groundwater scenario is concerned. With groundwater extraction reaching 64% at this point of time, the city having a population of over 1.3 million may not take very long to exceed 70% usage or a

Pandemic effect – can we save the SDG on water and sanitation?

Ashok Swain The Covid-19 pandemic could be the spur needed to aggressively pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, especially on water and sanitation, but it is unlikely to happen without significant assistance to developing countries The Covid-19 pandemic is not only an unprecedented worldwide pu

Nature gets a breathing space, but for how long?

Scientists and others concerned about climate change kept on urging human race to shift to greener paths of development; this pandemic sent out a strong message and has forced the economic growth to slow down reducing GHG emissions drastically.   China enforced the first lockdown in response to the

Watch: DamNation | The Problem with Hydropower

Patagonia This film explores the evolution of our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of wild rivers. Produced by Matt Stoecker & Travis Rummel Directed by Ben Knight & Travis Rummel

In India, fight against corona is a fight for water, against inequality

In the country, 7 percent of the population are without even a basic water supply close to home.  About 81 percent rural Indians don’t have a tap connection at home. Indians woke up very late to the threat of corona pandemic, in the first week of March. The first thing that people were advised to

Healthy and free-flowing rivers are essential to meet the SDGs

This month two global news about rivers attracted my attention.  One, the Colorado River, for dying a slow death due to climate change; and two, 25 Cuban rivers for showing signs of good health due to years of sustainable farming.  At a time when the world is facing unprecedented water cri

A water policy for the youth in India

The new National Water Policy must have a special chapter for the youth of the country.  This is not just because the youth need to take leadership in managing our water resources since India is set to become the youngest country in 2020, but also because the youth is fast disconnecting from the na

Water sachet use in Ghana: how to stop the pollution

Alexander Diani Kofi Preko Almost 2,500 tons of waste is generated daily in Accra. This is as a result of refuse being dumped and the environment being littered with polythene, bottles and drinking water sachets. Garbage blocks the gutters and can cause flooding and disease outbreaks. One

Half of World’s GDP or $44 trillion Dependent on Nature

This World Economic Forum report, produced in collaboration with PwC UK, found that many industries have significant “hidden dependencies” on nature in their supply chain and may be more at risk of disruption than expected. The latest science tells us that about 25% of our assessed plant and

The long goodbye: Study declares ancient Chinese paddlefish extinct

Shreya Dasgupta  The Chinese paddlefish is, or rather was, a unique species. It was one of only two living species of paddlefish, part of an ancient group of fish known to have existed since the Lower Jurassic, 200 million years ago The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) was last recorded by r

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