IRF - Updates, opportunities, readings
IRF's newsletter for May 2024 with updates about opportunities, learning, reading material etc
Dear Friends, we hope you have been well.
This is the May 2024 edition of the India Rivers Forum newsletter, and we’ve come to you with some interesting updates, opportunities and readings.
Opportunities & Updates
1. A supported program for practitioners to understand water quality in freshwater ecosystems
Members of the IRF OC - People’s Science Institute and India Rivers Forum, are co-hosting a supported program.
Practitioners from across India are invited to Dehradun for a 3 day training program - 28th May to 30th May 2024, for training on bio-monitoring for surface water quality assessment. This will help you understand freshwater systems around you.
Dates: 28th - 30th May
Location: Dehradun
Details & application form here: bit.ly/bmpsi24
Do read the full details about the training program before applying. Inviting you to apply and join us, and requesting you to share this in your network.
Please note that we have limited seats which will be on a first come first serve basis, and last date of registration & payment is 22nd May.
2. Online discussion on ‘Amba River - National Waterway 10’ report by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Members of the IRF OC - Manthan Adhyayan Kendra - followed up the release of their report: Cargo and Consequences: A Report on the Social and Environmental Implications of Shipping on Amba River – National Waterway 10 with an online discussion.
The recorded discussion is now available to watch at the link above.
Link to the report in English:https://www.manthan-india.org/ambamarch24/
Link to the report in Marathi:https://www.manthan-india.org/ambareportmarathimarch24/
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3. Yamuna Manthan (monthly compilations) from South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) on River Yamuna
From our OC organisation SANDRP’s site:
Carrying forward the legacy of Yamuna conservation work done by Late Manoj Mishra, Convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, SANDRP is publishing a compilation of news reports and other relevant information on contemporary issues related to Yamuna River from February 2024. This is the second such monthly report in the series and we will try to release same updates on the first Wednesday of every month.
The main purpose of the exercise is to monitor, document and research all the issues affecting the Yamuna rivers and riverine people so that all concerned may get updated information on ground realities of the river and its people. All of you are requested to read, share and give suggestions to improve it.
You can read the second monthly report here: https://sandrp.in/2024/05/02/yamuna-manthan-0105-sc-stays-4-nbwl-cleared-dams-in-kalesar-wildlife-sanctuary/
Readings
From India Rivers Forum
In case you haven’t seen it yet, the book - A Narrative of the Ganga (a citizen's report) - is now available for digital downloads for free, from our website.
Head to this link to download the book: https://indiariversforum.org/gangareport
From our readers and larger IRF network
In response to our request in our first newsletter, Dr. Priyank Pravin Patel from Presidency University, Kolkata, shared with us a few papers related to river related topics that have been published by him and his collaborators. We believe many of you might find them interesting.
Reply to this email to receive the pdf of the paper - “Implementing Vetiver grass‐based riverbank protection programmes in rural West Bengal, India” by Sayoni Mondal and Priyank Pravin Patel, published in the journal - Natural Hazards.
Above is an image of the River Yamuna as it flows through Delhi. Taken in March 2024 by Siddharth Agarwal from Veditum India Foundation and also an OC member of IRF.
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 in a few weeks time with more updates from recent happenings, upcoming events and opportunities, and more!
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Thanks for reading,
Siddharth Agarwal
India Rivers Forum
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