Blogs

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…

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…