Author: Ranjan K Panda

Mismanagement can worsen Odisha extreme rainfall events

Mismanagement can worsen Odisha extreme rainfall events

by Ranjan K Panda | Jan 9, 2019

As climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent in the Mahanadi River basin in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, there is urgent need to better manage the river and its dams

Strengthen local forest rights for best climate solutions

Strengthen local forest rights for best climate solutions

by Ranjan K Panda | Jun 15, 2018

India needs to proactively include indigenous communities and forest dwellers in its efforts to restore and expand forest cover to sequester carbon, and not exclude them from forestry management

In India, a new wave of admiration about our traditional knowledge has emerged in public discourse, but it is not reflected in the ways the state wants to manage our forests…Read More

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