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 …
The 2009 World Day to Combat Desertification focuses on the theme: Conserving land and water = Securing our common future. For much of the previous century and particularly since the end of the Cold War, the world has been undergoing a paradigm shift that sees security expanding beyond the notion …
This report gives a brief overview on how current and proposed agricultural practices impact on climate changes, and how proposed measures for 'mitigation and adaptation' impact on agriculture. It focuses on forms of intensive, large-scale (or industrialized) agriculture. It looks at the main proposals in the negotiations for a post …
This report gives a brief overview on how current and proposed agricultural practices impact on climate changes, and how proposed measures for 'mitigation and adaptation' impact on agriculture. It focuses on forms of intensive, large-scale (or industrialized) agriculture. It looks at the main proposals in the negotiations for a post …
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the increasing competition for water between various sectors is aggravated by growing demands for water, climate change and environmental degradation. One of the major consumers of water is livestock keeping, which is an important livelihood strategy for smallholder farmers in Africa. The water consumption for livestock …
KENDRAPARA: In flagrant violation of laid-down norms, 500 brick-kilns, including 60 modern chimney brick-kilns, are operating in this coastal district. Environmentalists said the brick-kilns have become a major cause of land degradation, rising temperature and air pollution. Most of the brick kilns have been set up on agricultural land. The …
On Friday, the Supreme Court suspended all mining activities in an area of 448 sq km of the Aravali hills in Haryana. The area includes Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat districts.
Land degradation is a global development and environment issue that afflicts China more than most countries in terms of the extent, economic impact, and number of people affected. Up-to-date, quantitative information is needed to support policy and action for food and water security, economic development, and environmental integrity. Data for …
KOLKATA, April 2: After the state government rejected a proposal by the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to acquire 2,500 acres of land for dumping dredged soil near Nandigram, the port authorities have urged the Centre to help them purchase land for the process. The KoPT recently sent a letter to …
Pollachi: Residents and farmers of Mappillai Goundenpudur near Pollachi staged a demonstration in the village in protest against pollution caused by an industrial unit. The demonstrators led by M.S. Gnana Janarthan, representative and co-ordinator of the struggle committee, said that activated carbon manufacturing unit located in the village was causing …
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) made important recommendations on how agriculture could mitigate GHG emissions. This report summarizes these recommendations and then compares them to scientific data from organic agriculture in order to assess the mitigation potential of organic farming. The four major recommendations …
Jalandhar: Silence of the political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections over degradation of environment in Punjab has disappointed environmentalists in the state. No political party has made an issue of threat to ecology. It is said politicians seeking votes do not want to annoy industrialists manufacturing of pesticides, fertiliser and …
A study on land degradation in the upper catchment of river Tons, a tributary of Yamuna river, in Uttarkashi district of the Uttarakhand state, was carried out using on-screen visual interpretation of IRS LISS-III + PAN merged data. The study area, which is largely mountainous, includes Govind Wildlife Sanctuary and …
The most common causes of migration in the Mesoamerican countries (the region stretching from southern Mexico to Costa Rica) are confl ict and the degradation of the natural environment. In this article we consider both situations and the effect on the region of La Mosquitia in north-east Honduras.
Agriculture continues to be a fundamental instrument for sustainable development and poverty reduction in India. India resides in its villages and according to the 2001 census 72.2 per cent of the people are in rural areas. The agriculture sector contributes only about 18 per cent of the total Gross Domestic …
The capacities of developing countries to increase food production for its people and alleviate rural poverty is largely threatened by hungry and thirsty lands which shows clear evidence of advanced and continuing degradation seriously affecting its productive resource base. Soil is a vital natural resource the proper use of which …
In view of the major opportunities and risks associated with it, and the complexity of the subject, bioenergy policy has in a short time become a challenging political task for regulators and planners
Land and water are the main natural resources vital for agricultural production system. About one-third of cultivated land is irrigated and remaining 85 million ha is under rainfed cultivation in the country. Also about 146 million ha is degraded land needing reclamation/management for optimal productive use. The increasing human population …
