Mountains, women, and the weight of water Figure 1: Women and young girls spend hours at…
Category: Water Security
Water security is about the availability of freshwater resources and their sustainable management to meet the needs of people and ecosystems. Ensuring safe access to water, safeguarding water quality, and addressing the impacts of climate change and pollution are imperative. Maintaining healthy water systems for future generations is an urgent priority to sustain life.
Freshwater is the most important resource across all social, economic and environmental activities. It is a condition for all life on our planet.
Safeguarding our cryosphere, rivers, wetlands, underground water sources and aquifers is the urgent need of our times
Lakes of Kumaon: Nainital & Sukhatal
Nainital lake’s lifeline under threat with plans to choke most important recharge zone – Sukhatal….