By Laraib Fatima Warsi
उत्तरी और मध्य अंडमान की रंगत तहसील के एक सरकारी स्कूल में विज्ञान शिक्षक अपने छात्रों को प्राकृतिक संसाधनों की मैपिंग और संरक्षण के लिए पारिस्थितिक हॉटस्पॉट की पहचान करने के लिए प्रशिक्षित करते हैं।
उत्तरी और मध्य अंडमान की रंगत तहसील के एक सरकारी स्कूल में विज्ञान शिक्षक अपने छात्रों को प्राकृतिक संसाधनों की मैपिंग और संरक्षण के लिए पारिस्थितिक हॉटस्पॉट की पहचान करने के लिए प्रशिक्षित करते हैं।
By Pankaj Sekhsaria
यह परियोजना प्राचीन द्वीप, इसकी अमूल्य जैव विविधता और मूल निवासियों के साथ-साथ भारी निवेश को भी खतरे में डाल रही है।
यह परियोजना प्राचीन द्वीप, इसकी अमूल्य जैव विविधता और मूल निवासियों के साथ-साथ भारी निवेश को भी खतरे में डाल रही है।
By Laraib Fatima Warsi
A science teacher in north and middle Andaman trains his students to map natural resources and identify ecological hotspots for conservation
A science teacher in north and middle Andaman trains his students to map natural resources and identify ecological hotspots for conservation
By Dr SB Misra
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Read how teachers in rural schools are innovating and ideating to make their students more environment friendly by raising and explaining ecological matters to them and encouraging them to make a difference.
Read how teachers in rural schools are innovating and ideating to make their students more environment friendly by raising and explaining ecological matters to them and encouraging them to make a difference.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
India’s only woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi not only launched Project Tiger to save the big cat but also helped in the enactment of a series of environmental protection laws.
India’s only woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi not only launched Project Tiger to save the big cat but also helped in the enactment of a series of environmental protection laws.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
In response to questions raised in the Upper House, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change informed that 90,001.15 hectares of forest land has been diverted for non-forest use in the last five years. Almost 62% of compensatory afforestation funds remained unutilised.
In response to questions raised in the Upper House, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change informed that 90,001.15 hectares of forest land has been diverted for non-forest use in the last five years. Almost 62% of compensatory afforestation funds remained unutilised.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka — which comprise more than 25 per cent of the country’s land area — show huge stress in groundwater reserves. In Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab, extraction of groundwater is more than their annual recharge.
Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka — which comprise more than 25 per cent of the country’s land area — show huge stress in groundwater reserves. In Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab, extraction of groundwater is more than their annual recharge.
By Manvendra Singh
Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of such waste generation in rural India. Single-use plastics have invaded the villages where there are no waste management systems in place. For instance, in West Bengal, Assam, Punjab and Bihar, the percentage of villages that have mechanisms to manage solid waste are 0.82%, 1.08%, 1.67% and 1.97%, respectively.
Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of such waste generation in rural India. Single-use plastics have invaded the villages where there are no waste management systems in place. For instance, in West Bengal, Assam, Punjab and Bihar, the percentage of villages that have mechanisms to manage solid waste are 0.82%, 1.08%, 1.67% and 1.97%, respectively.
By Shivani Gupta
Every summer, Bundelkhand reels in the heat and the region's women walk long distances in search of water. Under the central government's Har Ghar Jal scheme of Jal Jeevan Mission, villages in this drought-prone region of Uttar Pradesh have been connected with water pipelines and taps installed in rural households, but there is no water in them. As part of its Paani Yatra series, Gaon Connection explores why the taps run dry here.
Every summer, Bundelkhand reels in the heat and the region's women walk long distances in search of water. Under the central government's Har Ghar Jal scheme of Jal Jeevan Mission, villages in this drought-prone region of Uttar Pradesh have been connected with water pipelines and taps installed in rural households, but there is no water in them. As part of its Paani Yatra series, Gaon Connection explores why the taps run dry here.