Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Alkali lands in India occupy about 3.8 m ha. Due to poor physical properties, excessive exchangeable sodium and high pH, most of these lands support a poor vegetative cover. These lands are reclaimed using costly amendments such as gypsum, phospho-gypsum or press mud. In recent times many of the medicinal …
The fertility of the world’s soil is reaching a peak that will threaten global food supplies this century unless more is done to preserve the long-term viability of existing farmland, according to a group of leading scientists. Soil erosion and degradation, combined with the loss of agricultural land to urban …
Abuja — THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday called for a review of the environmental impact assessment legislation in the region. Speaking at the international summit on environment organized by the Uche Ekwunife- headed House Committee on …
The present study evaluated bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) based resource conservation in the Yamuna ravines at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ravine lands are highly degraded dry lands and 3.97 m ha area is affected by ravines in India. One ravine …
This publication is being brought out once in every two years and covers a wide range of data on water resources and its related resources in the country. The last edition of this publication was brought out in 2013. It comprises five chapters and appendix tables. Summary tables and charts …
Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Dr. Vinish Kathuria of IIT Bombay at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015
Presentation by Hoang Anh Le of Vietnam National University at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Bhisma Pandit, Energy Auditor, Nepal at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate chang, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan on Sunday said that his ministry is taking all-out efforts to control environmental degradation that costs more than Rs365 billion to national economy every year. “These efforts for the environmental conservation and protection are part of election manifesto of the …
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has made available an 'Impulse Report' and a 'Book of Abstracts' in advance of the UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference, which will convene from 9-12 March 2015, in Cancún, Mexico. The Conference will take place as part of the 4th special session of the …
This work aimed to review the aspect of desertification, its concept, causes and its control with special reference to Sudan. It appeared that there was a wide controversy among scientists on the concept of desertification and its causes. Original Source
This paper shows that any dedicated use of land for growing bioenergy inherently comes at the cost of not using that land for growing food or animal feed, or for storing carbon. It recommends several policy changes to phase out forms of bioenergy that use crops or that otherwise make …
Most conflicts arise from government takeover of land, often on behalf of private investors: Report More than 250 conflicts have arisen over land acquisition cases between 2013 and 2014 in 165 of India's 664 districts. This is revealed in a mapping exercise carried out by a Washington-based think tank, Rights …
Feeding the world’s growing population and finding the land and water to grow enough food continues to be a basic and sizeable challenge. It is an enormous task because the increase in food production required to meet future needs may have to be achieved with fewer land and water resources. …
Kaduna — The Kaduna State government is constructing erosion control projects in six locations of the state at the cost of N1.9 billion. Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero disclosed this while inspecting the Rigasa erosion control project in Igabi Local Government Area, which is being executed under the 2013 ecological fund …
The Odisha Government asked Collectors of all 21 districts to identify government and waste land to the tune of 50,000 acres for accommodating in-coming industries. The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) also asked Collectors to identify additional 1,00,000 acres for undertaking compensatory afforestation. “The creation of land bank is …
A report from the UN and the CGIAR consortium reveals that land degradation due to salt build-up is causing damages in some 75 countries, estimated at more than US$27 billion per year. The study, carried out by the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), the International Center …
The state government has sought green dividend from the Centre for maintaining its forest cover that is higher than the national average. Odisha feels that the Centre should provide green dividend to all states whose forest area exceeds the pan-India average. "Forest cover in Odisha is 38 per cent of …
