India
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Photo: IUCN\ Jhony Lepcha
Orientation training cum exposure visit to promote organic farming in South Sikkim
10.12.2018On November 26-27, 2018, IUCN organised a two-day orientation training cum exposure visit on “Bio-pesticides, Bio-composting, Bio-fertilizer and Vermi-composting to support Organic Farming” at Mamley-Kamrang watershed, South Sikkim. The collaborating partners...
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Photo: IUCN\ Patanjali Kumar
From invasive to compost: Water hyacinth for compost preparation in Munger, Bihar
10.12.2018The IUCN India - ITC Ltd. partnership project on ‘Sustainable Agriscapes for the Future’ found that water bodies of the Kharagpur Agriscape cluster are infested with different invasive species, especially water hyacinth. This invasive is...
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Stranded turtle in Goa
Photo: Terra Conscious
Collaborative marine stranding network: Ocean Watch - Goa
10.12.2018In recent years, with increasing social awareness and interest in marine science, there has been an increase in reporting of stranding incidents of marine species in the media. In an effort to systematically document such marine stranding incidents along the...
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Fishermen with their catch on the Meghna River, Bangladesh
Photo: © Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique/Oxfam Bangladesh
New report lays groundwork for benefit sharing in Meghna River Basin
30.11.2018IUCN’s Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) project has developed a profile and preliminary scoping study on Benefit sharing opportunities in the Meghna Basin for Bangladesh and India. The document is the first of...
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Nature based agriculture and farmer field school demonstrations in Munger, Bihar
29.10.2018On June 15, 2018, IUCN with support from ITC Ltd. and implementation partner, Pravah, organised a farmer field school demonstration for 53 farmers from three different agriscapes of Kharagpur, Asarganj and Munger Sadar at Maniarchak, Bihar. The objective was...
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Training on Biodiversity Registers and Biodiversity Management Committees in Munger, Bihar
05.10.2018IUCN India with support of ITC Ltd. has initiated a “Sustainable Agriscapes for Future” programme in the Munger district of Bihar. Under this programme, one of the objectives is to revive the ecosystem services which would not only help carry out sustainable...
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Demonstration of decentralized solar energy in the Indian Himalayan states
04.10.2018Under the Government of India’s National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), IUCN is implementing the project ‘Coping with Uncertainties: Building Community Resilience and Ecosystem Based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Indian Himalayan Region’. As...
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Photo: IUCN\ Rohit Singh
Capacity building workshop on Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
04.10.2018IUCN India organised a capacity building workshop on REDD+ under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) project ‘Coping with Uncertainties: Building Community Resilience and Ecosystem Based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Indian Himalayan...
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Terrace farming in the Indian Himalayas
Photo: © Anushree Bhattacharjee / IUCN
India first of all Bonn Challenge countries to develop progress report
14.08.2018India has reiterated its commitment to achieving its Bonn Challenge pledge by launching the first ever country progress report. This includes datasets from the Government of India, NGOs and the private sector. Although not an exhaustive list, the data reveals...
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Roundtable on forest landscape restoration and assessing restoration opportunities by IUCN and GB Pant Institute at New Delhi, India
07.08.2018IUCN, in partnership with the G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD), piloted the ROAM framework in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, in consultation with the Government of Uttarakhand. On June 15,...
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