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‘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…

Nodi Boithok in progress at Jakigonj, Bangladesh. Photo: Nuzhat Nueary, TROSA

Call for Applications: Regional Youth Dialogue (RYD) on Water, Climate and Human Rights by Youth Basin Ambassadors

To participate, please click the link and register: https://bit.ly/3ckB8Ow Background:Women and youth are crucial stakeholders in the fight against persisting inequalities in many forms and are…

Labourers lifting sands from Jadukatha river in Sunajgonj. Backdrop: Meghalaya hills upstream.

Minding the ‘water-woes’: empowering women means empowered communities. Reflections from Bangladesh and India

Dr Medha Bisht, Mayfereen Lyngdoh Ryntathiang, Pallab Chakma, Sarita Sundari Rout

“Where there is a forest there is Khasi people [sic] (Pdeng), as our life (Jingim) depends on forest (Khlaw) and our livelihood on betel leaves (Pathi). Either in Bangladesh or India, where there is…

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…

Responsible investment key to better post-COVID-19 agriculture in ASEAN

Tuan Vu and Bernadette Victorio

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound economic impact in the region and disrupted the agricultural food systems across ASEAN, threatening production, increasing food security risks,and affecting…

Black Water and Life in the Contaminated Area in Karen State, Myanmar

Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, KESAN Myanmar

By: KESAN (Karen Environmental and Social Network)TROSA partner KESAN together with Karen Rivers Watch (KRW), MATA (Myanmar Alliances on Transparency and Accountability) and ALARM Myanmar (Advancing…

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…

Carving a Path for Women in Fisheries

As a natural resource management professional, I often find people questioning the role of women in fisheries. I won’t blame them entirely for asking that question if I haven’t observed their…