In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses amounted to US$202.7 billion. The 2023 earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic was the most catastrophic event …
Uncertainty in the occurrence of rainfall with respect to time and quantity is a major contraint to agricultural production in rainfed areas. To alleviate the constraint, groundwater is pumped at an unsustainable rate causing continuous water table decline. Groundwater recharge by the rainwater and runoff harvested in percolation tanks can …
The use of clean fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) instead of biomass-based fuels used for cooking in India would be beneficial in several ways. However, only about 33.6 million or 17.5% of all Indian homes use LPG as their primary cooking fuel, with 90% of rural homes still …
function graphs() { var popurl="files/images/20040831/60.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=410,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } employment • Agriculture does not create enterpreneurs that can handle a monetised economy. Urban populations surge as people move to cities loking for options (see graphs) Urban jungle • The educated youth moves to towns. But education fails them. Assam is worst-hit, with …
· 110 out of 182 countries are culturally diverse with at least 25 per cent of their populations belonging to an ethnic or a religious minority. In 42 countries their population ranges between 10-25 per cent · Yet, 900 million of them belong to groups subject to some form of …
Attacks by large carnivores on humans can occasionally help to generate significant resistance to carnivore conservation efforts. The authors have reviewed research addressing concerns for human safety in large carnivore conservation, and have evaluated statements about the frequencies and causes of attacks based on our findings concerning i) existing data …
• 50 per cent of the people in the least developed countries (LDCs) live on less than US $1 a day. In 2000, this group totalled 334 million. By 2015, they could be 471 million • Such poverty levels limit their ability to generate domestic resources. In 28 LDCs, the …
In deep shit This is what most developing countries are in Country Total population (millions) Annual excrement production (million metric tonnes) Annual excrement not disposed of safely (million metric tonnes) Afghanistan 28.7 2.7 2.4 Bangladesh 146.7 13.9 7.2 Brazil 176.5 16.7 4 Burkina Faso 13.2 1.3 0.9 Cambodia 12.6 1.2 …
This article shows that despite increasing catches by foreign fishing fleets, the economic growth and social benefits from marine resources have not been met for many western African countries that host these fleets. A meta-analysis of changes in catches, market values, exports, imports, employment, access, and domestic supplies in western …
function map_table() { var popurl="html/20040531_cover.htm" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=780,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } In Kerala, land of 44 rivers and backwaters and a state with over 3,000 mm of annual rainfall there was a drought this February and March
Living amidst rivers and lakes and blessed by bountiful rain, the people of Kerala are yet to realise that they face a water crisis. Droughts come, but are treated as aberrations. On the one hand water usage is shooting up, on the other rains are playing truant. Unless it gets …
function table() { var popurl="image/20040531/60-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=350,height=450,scrollbars=yes") } • Average farm size in the new states is smaller than that in the 15 original EU states, but regional differences exist. While small private farms dot Poland and Slovenia, large cooperatives dominate in the Czech Republic and Slovakia • Farming characterised by …
All places in Kerala, except a few in Palakkad, got more rainfall this summer than the national average. “Considering that India receives only 1,100 mm of rainfall as long period average, isn’t it absurd to say that Kerala suffered acute water scarcity even after getting 2,270 mm of rain in …
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