Water & Land Management Publications
Water & Land Management Publications
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Year | Subject | Tags | State | Link | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restoring Land Through Integrated Efforts: Unlocking Opportunities for Today’s Needs and Sustainability Tomorrow | Anjal Prakash, Dr. Marcella D’Souza, Sharanya Chattopadhyay | Policy brief | 2025 | Climate Change, Policy Brief, Rural Livelihoods, Water & Land Management, Water Security | agroecological practices, biodiversity loss, carbon sequestration, Climate Change Adaptation, community resilience, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, land degradation, land restoration, Nature-based Solutions, resilient livelihoods, Restore the Land Unlock the Opportunities, sustainable development, UNCCD Desertification and Drought Day, Water Security | Maharashtra | climate-change policy-brief rural-livelihoods water-land-management water-security | agroecological-practices biodiversity-loss carbon-sequestration climate-change-adaptation community-resilience ecosystem-services ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 land-degradation land-restoration nature-based-solutions resilient-livelihoods restore-the-land-unlock-the-opportunities sustainable-development unccd-desertification-and-drought-day water-security | |
| Securing Water in a Time of Climate Change through Natural Ecosystems Management | W-CReS | Multi-Stakeholder Workshop Report | 2024 | Climate Change, Water, Water & Land Management, Water Security, Watershed Development | Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Resilient Agriculture, Ecosystems Management, Irrigation, Land and Water Management, Rural Development, Water Governance, Water Scarcity | Maharashtra | climate-change water water-land-management water-security watershed-development | agriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture ecosystems-management irrigation land-and-water-management rural-development water-governance water-scarcity | |
| Stories of Resilience Case Story Booklet-Chhattisgarh | Robin Abraham, Shweta Kumari | Case stories | 2023 | Agriculture, Climate Resilience, Livelihoods, Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Chhattisgarh, Climate Change, Climate Resilient Agriculture, Livelihoods, Rural Development | Chhattisgarh | agriculture climate-resilience livelihoods water-land-management | agriculture chhattisgarh climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods rural-development | |
| The Water Governance Standard – Making Water Everybody’s Business | Crispino Lobo, Eshwer Kale, Mandar Sathe, Rishu Garg | Book | 2023 | Water & Land Management | Groundwater, Rural Development, Water Governance, Water Governance Standard | water-land-management | groundwater rural-development water-governance water-governance-standard | ||
| MOBILISE – Stories of rural change from Odisha’s Ganjam District | Harshal Khade | Case stories | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Climate Resilient Agriculture, Livelihoods, Rural Development, Water conservation, Water Crisis | Odisha | water-land-management | climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods rural-development water-conservation water-crisis | |
| Maharashtra Groundwater Act, 2009: Strengths, Weaknesses and Recommendations | Dr. Eshwer Kale | Article | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Climate Resilient Agriculture, GSDA, MWRRA, Water Governance, Water Governance Standard, Water Policies, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | climate-resilient-agriculture gsda mwrra water-governance water-governance-standard water-policies water-stewardship | |
| From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Arjuna Srinidhi, Crispino Lobo, Dada Dadas, Marcella D’Souza, TMG Research gGmbH (Devaraj de Condappa & Larissa Stiem-Bhatia) | Report | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity, Climate Change Adaptations, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity climate-change-adaptations ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| Focus on Agriculture in the National Water Policy | Crispino Lobo, Dr. Marcella D’Souza, Eshwer Kale | Article | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Ecosystem based Adaptation, Water conservation, Water management | water-land-management | agriculture ecosystem-based-adaptation water-conservation water-management | ||
| Water Stewardship in Rural India: A HOW-TO-MANUAL | Dr. Marcella D’Souza, Eshwer Kale, Hemant Pinjan | Manual | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Rural Development, Water conservation, Water Crisis, Water Governance, Water management, Water stewardship | water-land-management | rural-development water-conservation water-crisis water-governance water-management water-stewardship | ||
| Challenging Today’s Water Threats for a Tenable Tomorrow: A Review of Policies and Programs in the Water Sector of Maharashtra | Eshwer Kale, Pallavi Kulkarni | Report | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Drought, Governance, Groundwater, Policy Review, Resilience, Water management | Maharashtra | water-land-management | drought governance groundwater policy-review resilience water-management | |
| To Address Rivers, the Address must be a River: A River-Based Addressing System | Shrikant Mukate, Vijay Solanky | Report | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Ecosystem Restoration, Water management, Watershed | Maharashtra | water-land-management | ecosystem-restoration water-management watershed | |
| Nitrate and Fluoride in Groundwater: An Emerging threat in rural areas | W-CReS | Action Brief | 2022 | Water & Land Management | Drinking Water Standards, Fluoride, Human Health, Nitrate | Maharashtra | water-land-management | drinking-water-standards fluoride human-health nitrate | |
| BUILDING RESILIENCE AND COPING WITH WATER INSECURITY: An Assessment of a Sustainable Livelihoods Framework in Semi-Arid Maharashtra | Nikhil Nikam, Taneesha Mohan | Report | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Livelihoods, Resilience, Water Security | Maharashtra | water-land-management | livelihoods resilience water-security | |
| Land use / Land cover Changes (LULC) in Semi-arid Regions of Maharashtra | W-CReS | Policy brief | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Maharashtra, Semiarid regions | water-land-management | agriculture maharashtra semiarid-regions | ||
| Socio-Economic Implications: Conversion of Farm Ponds into Surface Storage Tanks in Semi-Arid Maharashtra | W-CReS | Policy brief | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Droughts, Groundwater, Water management | water-land-management | droughts groundwater water-management | ||
| Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar(Desilation of Tanks) Scheme: A Drought Proofing Intervention | W-CReS | Policy brief | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Drought | water-land-management | agriculture drought | ||
| Water Stewardship and Water Budgeting: A Pathway to manage the water available in a time of growing water scarcity in rainfed Maharashtra | W-CReS | Policy brief | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Drought, Governance, Maharashtra, Resilience, Water Budget, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | drought governance maharashtra resilience water-budget water-stewardship | |
| Priorities for the Revised National Water Policy | Eshwer Kale Marcella D’Souza & Crispino Lobo | Article | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Climate Change Adaptation Conservation, Water management | water-land-management | agriculture climate-change-adaptation-conservation water-management | ||
| Adapting to climate change in India – the value of an ecosystem-based response. EbA Info Brief Series #1 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| Strengthening Biodiversity to Enhance Ecosystem-based Adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #2 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| Managing Land and Forests – the value of ecosystem-based adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #3 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| An Ecosystem-based approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture. EbA Info Brief Series #4 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Resiient Agriculture, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation climate-resiient-agriculture ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| Livestock and Ecosystem-based Adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #5 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Livestock | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 livestock | |
| Why Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Water Management? EbA Info Brief Series #6 | W-CReS | Info brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Water management | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 water-management | |
| Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India | Arpan Gollecha, Nikhil Nikam | Report | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Ahmednagar, Akole, Climate Change Adaptation, Maharashtra, Sangamner | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture ahmednagar akole climate-change-adaptation maharashtra sangamner | |
| Ecosystem Restoration for Land Degradation Neutrality: The Economic Valuation of Watershed Development in Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Western Maharashtra | Dr. Marcella D’Souza, Sourya Das | Policy brief | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Livelihood Generation, Watershed Development | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation livelihood-generation watershed-development | |
| Triggers and Trajectories of Sustainable Groundwater Management in Semi-Arid Regions of Maharashtra, India A Mental Model Approach | Udita Sanga, Upasana R Koli | Paper | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Groundwater, Maharashtra, Semi-arid regions, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | groundwater maharashtra semi-arid-regions-2 water-stewardship | |
| Ecologic Newsletter | Newsletter | 2021 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Livelihoods, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation livelihoods madhya-pradesh | ||
| Scaling Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Maharashtra, India: An Analysis of Policies and Programmes | Abha Indurkar, Arjuna Srinidhi, Eshwer Kale, Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, Marcella D’Souza, Naman Gupta, Shreya Banerjee | Paper | 2020 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 | |
| Using Water Security through Community-Led Water Resource Development at Khandke Windfarm Catchment Villages In Ahmednagar and Beed districts of Maharashtra | Arjuna Srinidhi, Ganesh Rajapure, Vikas Prakash Joshi | Report | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Soil and Water conservation, Water management, Watershed Development | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture soil-and-water-conservation water-management watershed-development | |
| PPCP Newsletter Vol. 7, Sept 2019 | Priyanka Shejale | Newsletter | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership, Watershed Development, Women Empowerment | Maharashtra | water-land-management | public-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment | |
| Project Impact Assessment Report: Water Security through Community-Led Water Resource Development at Khandke Windfarm Catchment Villages in Ahmednagar and Beed districts of Maharashtra | Arjuna Srinidhi, Ganesh Rajapure, Vikas Prakash Joshi | Report | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Watershed Development | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture watershed-development | |
| Water Budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local leve | Water & Land Management | Water Budgeting, Water management, Water stewardship | water-land-management | water-budgeting water-management water-stewardship | |||||
| Water Budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local leve | W-CReS | Brochure | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Water Budgeting, Water management, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | water-budgeting water-management water-stewardship | |
| A Step towards Quenching Rural India’s Thirst, Experiences and Learnings from the Water Stewardship Initiative in Maharashtra | Eshwer Kale, Hemant Pinjan, Marcella D’Souza | Book | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Governance, Groundwater, Maharashtra, Resilience, Water Budget, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | governance groundwater maharashtra resilience water-budget water-stewardship | |
| Water gives life… | W-CReS | Info brief | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Rural Development, Water management, Water stewardship, Watershed Development | water-land-management | agriculture rural-development water-management water-stewardship watershed-development | ||
| Water Stewardship in Rainfed Agrarian Maharashtra | Eshwer Kale and Marcella D'Souza | Article | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Drought, Governance, Resilience, Water Budget, Water stewardship | Maharashtra | water-land-management | drought governance resilience water-budget water-stewardship | |
| Inclusion of Local Aspirations in the Village Development Plans: A Case Study of the Semi-Arids in Maharashtra | Ramkumar Bendapudi, Swati Pillai | Working Paper | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Aspiration Gap, Gram Panchayat Development Plan, India Semiarids, Local Governance, Rural Development, South Asia, Wellbeing | Maharashtra | water-land-management | aspiration-gap gram-panchayat-development-plan india-semiarids local-governance rural-development south-asia wellbeing | |
| Land, Labor, and Agricultural Innovations in a Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra, India: The Case of Bhojdari Village | Koichi Fujita, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Yogesh Shinde | Paper | 2019 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture | |
| Innovating for water security: Ferrocement Checkdams in Jalna District, Maharashtra | Akansha Roy and Saumyadeb Dasgupt | Report | 2018 | Water & Land Management | Adgaon, Bhokardan, Jalna, Maharashtra, Marathwada, Water conservation, Watershed Development, Watershed Management | Maharashtra | water-land-management | adgaon bhokardan jalna maharashtra marathwada water-conservation watershed-development watershed-management | |
| PPCP Newsletter Vol. 5, Jul 2017 | Harshal Khade, Pragati Khabiya | Newsletter | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership, Watershed Development, Women Empowerment | Maharashtra | water-land-management | public-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment | |
| Making the Invisible, Visible: Manual for preparing Co-DriVE-Visual Integrator to overlay surface and sub-surface characteristics for Sustainable Groundwater Management | Sarita Chemburkar and Eshwer Kale | Manual | 2018 | Water & Land Management | CoDriVE, Groundwater | Maharashtra | water-land-management | codrive groundwater | |
| Combatting desertification through participatory natural resource management | Arjuna Srinidhi, Marcella D’Souza | Chapter | 2018 | Water & Land Management | Natural Resource Management, Watershed Development | Maharashtra | water-land-management | natural-resource-management watershed-development | |
| Kali Aai Nirogi Tar Ahe Na? | Ananda Wani, Madhav Gholkar, Nitin Kumbhar, Prithviraj Gaikwad | Manual | 2018 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Soil Fertility, Soil Health | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture soil-fertility soil-health | |
| From ME to WE….. From MINE to OURS!: A Story of how motivation changes people’s perceptions and drives Community Action | Dr. Marcella D’Souza and Karan Misquitta | 2018 | Water & Land Management | Agriculture, Ahmednagar, Ground Water, Maharashtra, Sangamner | Maharashtra | water-land-management | agriculture ahmednagar ground-water maharashtra sangamner | ||
| PPCP Newsletter Vol. 6, Oct 2018 | Harshal Khade, Pragati Khabiya | Newsletter | 2018 | Water & Land Management | Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership, Watershed Development, Women Empowerment | Maharashtra | water-land-management | public-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment | |
| The Common Bucket: Mahiti Patrak, Niyamawali | Bidisha Sinha, Karan Misquitta | Manual | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Water Budgeting, Water stewardship | water-land-management | water-budgeting water-stewardship | ||
| Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Watershed Development | Dharmaraj Patil, Girish Jathar, Marcella D’Souza, Ramkumar Bendapudi | Policy brief | 2015 | Water & Land Management | Ahmednagar, Akole, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem based Adaptation, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sangamner | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra | water-land-management | ahmednagar akole biodiversity biodiversity-conservation ecosystem-based-adaptation madhya-pradesh maharashtra sangamner | |
| PPCP Newsletter Vol. 4, Dec 2016 | Harshal Khade, Pragati Khabiya | Newsletter | 2016 | Water & Land Management | Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership, Watershed Development, Women Empowerment | Maharashtra | water-land-management | public-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment | |
| PPCP Newsletter Vol. 3, Mar 2016 | Aditi Wagh, Harshal Khade | Newsletter | 2016 | Water & Land Management | Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership, Watershed Development, Women Empowerment | Maharashtra | water-land-management | public-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment | |
| Making Biodiversity a Community Resource- People’s Biodiversity Register: A “How-to” Manual | Crispino Lobo and Marcella D’Souza, Dharmaraj Patil, Girish Jathar, Rahul Mungikar, Rajesh Rajak, Sushil Bajpai | Manual | 2016 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation | |
| Carbon neutral village/cluster: a conceptual framework for envisioning | Mihir Mathur and Suchita Awasthi | Article | 2016 | Water & Land Management | Carbon Neutral, Climate Change Adaption | water-land-management | carbon-neutral climate-change-adaption | ||
| The Common Bucket: Instruction Manual | Bidisha Sinha, Karan Misquitta | Manual | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Water Budgeting, Water stewardship | water-land-management | water-budgeting water-stewardship | ||
| High and Dry, showcasing a survey conducted in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra to assess the impact of climate change on people’s wellbeing and happiness | Bidisha Sinha | Photo blog | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Maharashtra, Resilience | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation maharashtra resilience | ||
| Transformation, adaptation and development: relating concepts to practice | Adelina Mensah & Ramkumar Bendapudi, Daniel Morchain, Dian Spear, Roger Few | Article | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation | ||
| HEAT STRESS: Identifying Climate Risks and Assessing | ASSAR-WOTR | Booklet | 2017 | Water & Land Management | Heat stress | water-land-management | heat-stress | ||
| Children’s Biodiversity Register – A Field Guide (CBR) | Concept: Dharmaraj Patil, Girish Jathar, Rajesh Rajak | Manual | 2014 | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation | Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation | |
| NATIONAL WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Report of the Workshop on: Scaling up Good Practices in Climate Change Adaptation New Delhi, India, 27 – 28 October 2014 | WOTR | Workshop / Conference / Proceedings | 2014 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation resilience | ||
| DROUGHT: a litmus test for Watershed Development | Marcella D’Souza, Radha Kunke, Radhika Murthy | Book | 2013 | Water & Land Management | Drought 2013, Drought Proofing, Soil and Water Consesrvation, Watershed Development | Maharashtra | water-land-management | drought-2013 drought-proofing soil-and-water-consesrvation watershed-development | |
| Biodiversity – A Key for Adaptation to Climate Change | Dharmaraj Patil, Girish Jathar, Rajesh Rajak, Sushil Bajpai | Position paper | Water & Land Management | Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Adaptation | 2013, Andhra Pradeshand Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra | water-land-management | biodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation | ||
| Ecologic – March 2011 | WOTR | Newsletter | 2011 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Water Budgeting | Maharashtra | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation water-budgeting | |
| Watershed Development in India: Economic valuation and adaptation considerations | Arjuna Srinidhi, Erin Gray | Working Paper | 2013 | Water & Land Management | Climate Change Adaptation, Watershed Development | water-land-management | climate-change-adaptation watershed-development | ||
| IGDSS – Applied Technology at the Grassroots Using Satellite imagery and Mobile GPS at village level for onsite plot level Crop-Mapping | Vinit Raskar | Article | 2013 | Water & Land Management | Ahmednagar, Crop Mapping, GIS, Maharashtra, Sangamner | Maharashtra | water-land-management | ahmednagar crop-mapping gis maharashtra sangamner | |
| Ecologic – March 2012 | WOTR | Newsletter | 2012 | Water & Land Management | Ahmednagar, Akole, Biodiversity, Maharashtra, Shiswad | Maharashtra | water-land-management | ahmednagar akole biodiversity maharashtra shiswad | |
| Ecologic – Augtust 2011 | WOTR | Newsletter | 2011 | Water & Land Management | Maharashtra, Wankute | Maharashtra | water-land-management | maharashtra wankute | |
| Ecologic – June 2011 | WOTR | Newsletter | 2011 | Water & Land Management | Alternate energy, Biodiversity, SRI, Sustainability | Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra | water-land-management | alternate-energy biodiversity sri sustainability | |
| Ecologic – May 2011 | WOTR | Newsletter | 2011 | Water & Land Management | Water Myths | water-land-management | water-myths |