Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Calangute: A special gram sabha of the Calangute panchayat on Sunday morning gave the thumbs up to the preparation of the land use map by the North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA). A resolution was adopted to seek more time from the NGPDA which had given villagers 30 days …
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations has said in a press statement that it would be employing the use of a new Google-powered software to help fight climate change and other problems. A UN agency presented its revamped online platform and said that the Google-powered software will help the world …
A new study published in the journal Elementa suggests food choices that make use of grazing and forage land as well as cropland could feed more people than those that completely eliminate animal-based food from our diets. Vegetarian? Omnivore? Vegan? What should we eat if we want to feed a …
Humans affect fire regimes by providing ignition sources in some cases, suppressing wildfires in others, and altering natural vegetation in ways that may either promote or limit fire. In North America, several studies have evaluated the effects of society on fire activity; however, most studies have been regional or subcontinental …
Report says amount of methane produced per head of cattle has increased since 1990 Ireland’s livestock agriculture is less climate-change efficient than the European average and the State’s land-use policy is neither climate-smart or sustainable, a new report claims. Irish agriculture is less efficient than the authorities claim and compares …
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fueled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. Most forest loss occurs in the world's tropical regions, which lost 7 million hectares …
For the first time, this United Nations report details the number of trees, forests and how the land is used in the world’s drylands. The findings could be used to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and help fight climate change. Drylands cover about 41 percent of the Earth’s …
While agriculture remains the most significant driver of global deforestation, there is an urgent need to promote more positive interactions between agriculture and forestry to build sustainable agricultural systems and improve food security says this flagship report of the FAO released at 23d Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry …
Aurangabad: Over 2600 objections to the city's draft development plan were aired on Thursday before a seven-member committee of the civic body. Several political figures present for the hearing expressed dissatisfaction about the plan while others alleged corruption in the process. Former corporator Sameer Rajurkar said that the planners have …
A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows the effects of deforestation and climate change are amplified into a one-two punch that pushes vulnerable rainforest species towards extinction, while dry-climate species persist. The findings, published in Ecology Letters, could help guide decisions about where land can be converted to …
Corporations and other multinational institutions are increasingly looking to evaluate their innovation and procurement decisions over a range of environmental criteria, including impacts on ecosystem services according to the spatial configuration of activities on the landscape. We have developed a spatially explicit approach and modeled a hypothetical corporate supply chain …
Soil series representing different physiographic units were studied to know the impact of temporal change in land use and cropping system on some soil properties in the northwestern parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The dynamics in land use and cropping system for the period 1983–84, 1996–97 and 2007–2008 and change …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sailen Mondal Vs Howrah Municipal Corporation & Others dated 06/07/2016 regarding filling up of ponds, Howrah, West Bengal. Tribunal makes it clear that the interim order dt. 23.3.2015 passed by NGT restraining the Howrah Municipal Corporation, …
Human activities are increasingly leading to overuse of surface water and nonrenewable groundwater, challenging the capacity of water resources to ensure food security and continuous growth of the economy. Adaptation policies targeting specifically water security can easily overlook its interaction with other sustainability metrics and unanticipated local responses to the …
With the growing effort to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and the inevitable shift towards renewable energy, sugarcane and ethanol production are forecast to expand worldwide. This paper studies the multiple local impacts of the sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity producing mills in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where …
With the growing effort to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and the inevitable shift towards renewable energy, sugarcane and ethanol production are forecast to expand worldwide. This paper studies the multiple local impacts of the sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity producing mills in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where …
Integrated Hydrological Data Book is a compendium of important information of major basins consolidated at the national level. The present issue of the data book provides updated basin/sitewise data of all non-classified basins covering aspects such as location, drainage area, temperature, average runoff, sesonal water flow, historical water levels, average …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailendra Jain vs. M/s Devi Ahilya New Cloth Market Company & Others dated 01/07/2016 regarding violation of the green belt as indicated in the master plan for ecological and environmental purposes by M/s Devi Ahilya New Cloth Market Company while …
The Amazon is ready to burn. After an unusually dry rainy season, the southern section of the rainforest is heading into winter with the largest moisture deficit since 1998. This has set the stage for an unusually intense fire season, according to a forecast issued on 29 June that is …
Water supply consumes a substantial amount of energy directly and indirectly. This study aims to provide an enhanced understanding of the influence of water stressors on the embodied energy of water supply (EEWS). To achieve this goal, the EEWS in 75 North Carolina counties was estimated through an economic input-output …
