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V2V Thematic Webinar in October
Title of the Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities in the sustainability of Inland open water fisheries in India
Date: Oct 06, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida | Scientist, ICAR- CIFRI and Fisheries Resource Assessment Specialist, CRFM, SVG
YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
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V2V Thematic Webinar
This talk focuses on the initiatives of ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute of India to address the multi-dimensional pressures on inland fisheries and ways in which sustainability can be achieved by responding to vulnerabilities and transitioning towards viability.
Title of the Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities in the sustainability of Inland open water fisheries in India
Date: Sep 29, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida | Scientist, ICAR- CIFRI and Fisheries Resource Assessment Specialist, CRFM, SVG
YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
What is the carbon footprint of a hospital bed?
Researchers from the University of Waterloo, including Alex Cimprich, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, have completed the first-ever assessment of a Canadian hospital to reveal its total environmental footprint and specific carbon emission hotspots.
The study, Environmental footprinting of hospitals: Organizational life cycle assessment of a Canadian hospital, appears in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
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