Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Young people have the power to transform food systems

Anu Bothra and Ritu Priya

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed serious gaps in economic, social and political systems around the world and revealed crises of food, economy, health and climate. The theme for the 2021 International…

‘Valuing water’ critical to transboundary flood management in Nepal-India shared basins.

Rajan Subedi and Jyotiraj Patra

Both Nepal and India are endowed with rich water resources, including transboundary rivers and streams that originate in Nepal and flow into India. However, many riverine communities dependent on…

Valuing water and rivers.

Today is World Water Day. This year’s theme Valuing Water aims to generate awareness about the different values of water and water resources in our lives to galvanize more actions for better…

People Power - Communities lead the way in governing local wetlands. The Story of Daw Lar Lake, Karen State, Myanmar.

Avinash Singh and Sameer Singh

Daw Lar Lake - An ecologically important wetland.Daw Lar Lake is situated on the western bank of the Salween River in the Karen State of Myanmar and is a seasonally river-fed wetland complex. …

A barefoot agronomist triggers a small revolution in orchards of the Kishtud river basin

Seyed Faiz Hayat

Scanning the tall, snow-capped mountain peaks around him that alternately descend into a steep gorge cut by the River Kishtud and a rugged valley interspersed with picturesque pasturelands, Odinaev…

Dialogue series identifies Nature-based Solution to help address water management challenges in the GBM River Basin. Young professionals recognized.

TROSA partner IUCN Asia facilitated series of online dialogues on Nature-based Solutions with the support of the GBM CSO Network. The events participated by more than 150 participants from Civil…

Regional cooperation on resilience through SAARC

December 08th marks the SAARC Charter Day. The day marks the signing of the SAARC Charter in 1985 by the governments of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the first…

Webinar Report: Revisiting communities and civil society roles in managing South Asia’s transboundary river basins.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the current challenges brought on by global as well as regional politics and economics has exerted substantial pressures and delays in ensuring proper coordination and…

Innovative and sustainable sanitation in the world’s largest refugee camp

Alexandra Kotowski

In Cox’s Bazar, almost a million Rohingya refugees live in densely populated camps built across a hilly terrain. Such a large population has tremendous humanitarian needs—particularly for safe…

Webinar on Riverbank erosion in South Asia

TROSA and partners Earth Journalism Network (EJN) under Internews Europe organized a 1-day media webinar on 25 September to raise awareness and a shared understanding among journalists of South Asia…

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