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. …
The native forests of Borneo have been impacted by selective logging, fire, and conversion to plantations at unprecedented scales since industrial-scale extractive industries began in the early 1970s. There is no island-wide documentation of forest clearance or logging since the 1970s. This creates an information gap for conservation planning, especially …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found fault with the Odisha Government’s diversion of forestland. The CAG report on the audit of expenditure incurred by the State Government in the economic sector for the year ending March 2013, which was placed in the State Assembly here on …
215Cr From Leased Out Land Govt Yet To Recover Arrears Of ` The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pointed out that the state government is yet to recover arrears of Rs 215.46 crore from 44,476.27 hectares of leased out forest land. Vast areas of forest land were …
The Forest Advisory Committee headed by Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey today discussed and approved several proposals for allowing use of forest land coming under various developmental and connectivity projects in various forest divisions of the State. The Committee gave forest clearance for 2 MW Khari MHP in Ramban Forest …
Country still has large swathes of contiguous forests accounting for 40% of the forest cover There has been an increase of 5,871 sq km of the country’s forest area since 2011, even as moderately dense forest areas have depleted due to population increase, grazing and encroachments, says the biennial “India …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered a stay on any construction and tree felling by South Delhi Municipal Corporation in GK-II's Uday Shankar park. SDMC had chopped 10 trees in the park to construct staff quarters and a residence for the commissioner. However, residents of the area protested against …
— We present an innovative global-to-local modeling approach to analyze impacts of uncertain and complex futures on Vietnam’s economy via changes in land use patterns. Socio-economic changes are shown to have major implications for the Vietnamese landscape, including natural forest losses with negative consequences for biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions, …
Approaches to integrated landscape management are currently garnering new interest as scientists, policymakers, and local stakeholders recognize the need to increase the multi-functionality of agricultural landscapes for food production, livelihood improvement, and ecosystem conservation. Such approaches have been attempted in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) but …
Forests (and landscapes with trees) are such an important part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals that we recommend working towards a transformative ‘forest module’. The module improves on the more limited current focus on sustainable forest management, deforestation and reforestation targets. It makes explicit the diversity of …
Tropical deforestation from developing countries, including Indonesia, contributes to emissions of greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming. Primary forest clearing also results in the loss of biodiversity due to the destruction of unique tropical forest habitats. Present understanding of forest change within Indonesia lacks consensus. …
Britain is running out of land for food and faces a potential shortfall of two million hectares by 2030 according to new research. The report, from the University of Cambridge, says the growing population plus the use of land for energy crops are contributing to the gap. It criticises the …
The aim of the report was to understand the amount of additional land needed and provide a simple, clear vision for UK agricultural land use and a set of principles to guide future decision-making. The report also quantifies a number of ‘supply-side’ measures that could help meet this additional demand, …
The land-use sector can contribute to climate change mitigation not only by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also by increasing carbon uptake from the atmosphere and thereby creating negative CO2 emissions. In this paper, we investigate two land-based climate change mitigation strategies for carbon removal: afforestation and bioenergy in …
The state government had leased about 80 acres of land to the company for setting up of its plant Caustic soda manufacturer Jayashree Chemicals Ltd, an S K Bangur Group firm, has courted trouble as the Ganjam district administration has issued a showcause notice to the company for allegedly sub-leasing …
Industries and Information and Public Relations Minister Mukesh Agnihotri today said the state government was exploring the possibility of relaxing Section 118 of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, for industrial plots in the industrial areas to promote speedy industrial growth. He said the process was cumbersome and …
About a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and degradation of agricultural areas is becoming a severe problem, the environment minister said, potentially threatening food security in the world's second most populous country. India occupies just 2 percent of the world's territory but is home to 17 percent …
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The South Asian summer monsoon directly affects the lives of more than 1/6th of the world’s population. There is substantial variability within the monsoon season, including fluctuations between periods of heavy rainfall (wet spells) and low rainfall (dry spells). These fluctuations can cause extreme wet and dry regional conditions that …
Environment is a multi-disciplinary topics directly related to the nature, human being and their activities. Concerns have been growing widely about changing environment and its impact upon the lives of the earth. In fact, areas of most researchers and efforts of most scientists are being concentrated towards environment in one …
The present study attempts to identify the areas prone to different types of drought, i.e., meteorological, hydrological and agricultural droughts. The report presents a detailed scientific analysis of the spatial, temporal and typological distribution of drought at district level for the period during 1998-2009 in the region of Bundelkhand. Further …
