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5 groundwater challenges that India faces

Mar, 2022
Sustainable Development, Water Governance, Water Management

The water flowing beneath the surface is the largest source of fresh water on the planet. This “hidden resource” accounts for just 0.62% of the total water and 30% of the freshwater available on earth. Water availability, or the lack of it, is a cross-cutting issue.

3 Gender Biases to break in Rural India for Empowering Women

Mar, 2022
Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Women Empowerment

Gender stereotypes have shaped expectations and defined roles that have been stitched tightly into the seam of rural fabric. Given the centrality of gender equality to climate or development goals, ripping the biases out will be imperative. While there’s no quick fix to this, addressing the following overarching biases could be a start

Breaking the Bias, Challenging Stereotypes

Mar, 2022
Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Women Empowerment

Gender inclusiveness and women empowerment has garnered strong support globally, especially in the last couple of decades, and rightly so. Women are pivotal to the progress of a nation and play a key role in defining the culture of a society.

5 Reasons Why Climate Change Action Can’t Do Without Women

Mar, 2022
Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Women Empowerment

Climate change itself may be gender-neutral, but any action we need to take for adaptation cannot be anything but women-centric. Climate action cannot do without women. The reasons are endless, but let me bring out the five specific ones, and all of them have to do with every day and straightforward logic.

What is Ecosystem-based Adaptation and how can it help India fight Climate Change?

Feb, 2022
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Sustainable Development

Climate change is already happening. Rising temperatures leading to rise in natural disasters are already making headlines. This shifting phenomenon presents a considerable risk on the health of people, natural capital (like clean water and food) and world economies

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Not Every Storm and Flood Is Climate Change – and Why That Distinction Matters

Feb, 2026
Climate Change, Infrastructure

When we mix weather,climate and climate change terms together, it can lead to confusion about what actually caused an event, who is responsible, and what actions are most effective

WOTR’s Journey in Odisha

Feb, 2026
Livelihood, Rural Development

Explore WOTR’s 13-year journey across villages in Odisha, reaching over one lakh people through community-led watershed and livelihood interventions.

State of Finance for Nature 2026 report: The 30:1 Finance Gap That Is Breaking the Global South

Feb, 2026
Climate Change, Ecosystem-based Adaptation

The Global South is being asked to shoulder the world’s nature and climate ambitions while global finance continues to move decisively in the opposite direction.

WOTR Must Read

Feb, 2026
Ecosystem, Rural Development, Sustainable Livelihoods

Read a collection blogs which brings together five stories from WOTR’s blog, shaped by the everyday lives, struggles, and choices of people in rural India. Told from the ground up, these pieces reflect moments of resilience, learning, and collective effort around water, livelihoods, and social change.

Film | A Flow of Hope Through Rayagada’s Hills

Jan, 2026
Rural Development, Sustainable Development

A water storage capacity of 2.5 million litres was created, bringing 64.25 acres of barren land back under cultivation while reducing soil erosion and improving groundwater recharge.

From Seasonal Migration to Year-Round Prosperity: The Story of Maruti Rathore

Jan, 2026
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Water Management

Maruti implemented a series of watershed interventions, including a farm pond and Water Absorption Trenches (WATs) to prevent surface runoff and recharge the aquifers

When Communities See Their Springs: Role of 3D Surface Models in Spring Shed Management

Jan, 2026
Water Governance, Water Management

The Kadasi Revenue village in Odisha, which gets water from five springs, provided a closer look at the interplay between nature, community, and water resources to W-CReS researcher Navnath Ghodake during his field visit.

Harvest Diary from Kharif Season in Maharashtra

Jan, 2026
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Harvest

Farmers in rural Maharashtra are transforming their harvests and building climate resilience through innovative crop protection and sustainable agricultural growth.