India Rivers Forum newsletter - January 2025
IRF's newsletter for January 2025 with updates about opportunities, learning, reading material etc
Dear Friends, we hope you have been well and had a great start to 2025!
This is the first newsletter from India Rivers Forum this year, and we’ve come to you with some updates, opportunities and readings.
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
1. Webinar on the Mega Hydropower Project on the Yarlung Zangbo River (Brahmaputra in India) in Tibet by China
The Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India is hosting a discussion on the concerns emerging from China’s announcement to build what might become the world’s largest hydropower dam complex.
When: 4pm-6pm IST
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/BERYotFUEW5YMGg16
Please sign up and also share in your networks!
2. Job opportunity with Veditum India Foundation
Veditum (a member of the India Rivers Forum Steering Committee) is hiring for the position of Communications Associate at their organisation.
Job Description document: http://veditum.org/hiringjan25
Last date to apply: 14th February 2025
Readings
2024 year end reviews by SANDRP
SANDRP (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People - a member of the India Rivers Forum Steering Committee) prepares and publishes annual reviews on essential topics related to rivers & river governance.
These compendiums bring out an important perspective on what transpired in the year past. Listed below are a few of the compendiums / reviews.
2024: Climate Change, GLOF impact on Safety of Hydro, Dams in India
Rivers Flowing in Extreme Flood Situation during Northeast Monsoon 2024
2024: Siltation, Safety & Sustainability of Hydro, Dams in India
EAC & FAC Decisions on Dams, Hydro, Irrigation Projects in 2024
You can find more essential readings on SANDRP’s website.
Bugs with Benefits
An article with the title ‘Bugs with Benefits’ by Aarti Kelkar Khambete has been published on India Water Portal. It says “Aquatic insects are crucial for the health and survival of wetlands such as lakes, rivers and ponds. The need for their conservation is urgent!”
Read the article here: https://www.indiawaterportal.org/rivers-and-lakes/bugs-with-benefits
Inviting you to share with us:
We will continue to share interesting and critical readings / happenings / visuals of India’s rivers.
If you have an event update or reading or some images of our rivers that you’d like to share to share, please email indiariversforum@gmail.com or reply to this newsletter from your inbox.
Please note that re-sharing of such material on our newsletter is completely up to the editor’s discretion, and any shared material is not an endorsement by IRF or its constituent members.
Thanks for reading. We will be writing to you again next month with more updates from recent happenings, upcoming events and opportunities, and more!
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Thanks for reading,
Siddharth Agarwal
India Rivers Forum