-IANS Hydropower projects, on Himalayan water resources, can face hazards of glacial lake outbursts that can damage its infrastructure Of the 177 hydropower projects (HPP) located close to Himalayan glaciers over a fifth - including many in India - could be under threat from floods caused by the outbursts of glacial lakes, European researchers have warned. The researchers, from various universities, have charted out a new method for locating the minimum exposure that...
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Agriculture In 115 Indian Districts Most At Risk From Climate Change -Manupriya
-IndiaSpend.com As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is “highly vulnerable” to climate change, according to a May 2016 study, published in Indian Academy of Science’s journal Current Science. The first to analyse 38 meteorological, agricultural and social data across all of India’s 572 rural districts, the study creates a Climate Vulnerability index for agriculture, divided into five categories of vulnerability: Very high, high, moderate,...
More »A forest drought no one is talking about -Purshottam Singh Thakur, Ajit Panda & Anupam Chakravartty
-Down to Earth Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people. But India simply does not acknowledge this drought For more than five months, residents of Jabarra village have been foraging the forests for minor forest produce (MFP). The forest in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district is abundant with more than 200 types of forest produce and the district is known as Asia’s biggest trading...
More »ICAR sees foodgrain output at 270 million tonnes -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: With weathermen forecasting a normal monsoon this time, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) hopes to see a total foodgrain production of 270 million tonnes (mt) this year. “The IMD predicts a normal monsoon this year and we should be having good rainfall. The foodgrain production in the country has come down by 10-12 mt in the last two years because of drought,” ICAR Director-General Trilochan...
More »40 million Indians at risk from rising sea levels: UN report
-PTI It said that changes in settlement patterns, urbanisation and socio-economic status in Asia have increased exposure to climate extremes. United Nations: Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to coastal Flooding in future due to rapid urbanisation and economic growth, according to a UN environment report. The Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments said that...
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