Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
More than a quarter of the total geographic area (TGA)-96.4 million hectares (mha) or 29.32%-in India is undergoing degradation as per this Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas, released in June by ISRO Space Applications Centre (SAC). Desertification and land degradation are major threats to agricultural productivity in our country. Combating …
The Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Ahmed Goni, has said that 43 per cent of Nigeria's land mass is threatened by desertification. Goni stated this at the first stakeholders' meeting on the implementation of the Great Green Wall project organised by the Connected Development (CODE), an NGO. …
The Department of Social Forestry has planned a project with the prime objective of establishing plantation for biodiversity enhancement coupled with improving socio-economic condition in the country's northwest zone. The scheme also intends to check desertification process through development of sustainable source of surface water and plant biodiversity and promoting …
The permanent secretary at the Ministry of Parks and Wildlife and Environment, Ousman Sowe, has said the growing threat of global warming, desertification, land degradation and loss of biodiversity is, no doubt, becoming increasingly apparent in The Gambia. He made this statement while delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony …
Jigawa State’s Jama’atu Nasrul Islam (JNI) in northern Nigeria has said that it had planted 10,000 assorted seedlings to combat desertification in the state. The JNI Secretary in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Babangida, who made made this known in Dutse on Monday, said that the exercise was launched on October …
Desertification -- climate change-triggered degradation of land ecosystems -- might, in a decade, create 50 million refugees, the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD), a global initiative led by 30 different research groups, warned in a new study published Tuesday. The study, backed by the United Nations, also found that $6.3 …
Security challenges have stalled the implementation of the Great Green Wall (GGW) project in the North-East, a check by the News Agency of Nigeria reveals. The project, which involves the establishment of shelterbelt across 1,500 kilometres in 11 states of the federation, is also facing inadequate disbursement of funds to …
In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use as firewood for domestic purposes. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this Monday, at the flag-off of this year's tree planting campaign which held at Kawadata, Goronyo LGA …
THE final draft of the national Climate Change Policy, which aims to provide the framework for the introduction of climate protection measures, is expected to be ready by the end of this month. The draft policy was compiled following consultations with stakeholders in the climate sector and consultant tasked with …
China faces a serious threat of deteriorating land and the extinction of rare animals and plants, though it has formed a basic network of protection zones, the national environmental protection authority said. Ninety percent of the grassland in China has seen varying degrees of degradation or desertification, and 40 percent …
The twentieth anniversary of World Day to Combat Desertification will be held tomorrow at the Okashana Rural development Centre under the slogan "No such thing as a free lunch. Invest in healthy soils." The World Day to Combat Desertification has been observed since 1995 to promote international cooperation and combat …
TEHRAN- An official at the Department of Environment announced that 3,000 billion rials (about $90.8 million) were allocated to anti-desertification projects including: growing soil, stabilizing trees, erosion control and revival of lagoons, the Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. According to Motasedi, the Department of Environment, the Forests, Range and …
A bill seeking to create the Great Green Wall to check drought, desertification and deforestation in 11 northern states passed second reading in the senate yesterday. The bill, "The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (Establishment) Bill 2015," sponsored by Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP, Cross Rivers), was read …
Abuja — The Senate Wednesday began moves to address the lingering threats of desertification and drought in the country as a bill seeking to establish the National Agency for the Great Green Wall in Nigeria scaled second reading. The bill seeks to manage drought, desertification and also spell out control …
An international scientific conference about the impact of climate change on forest ecosystems, adaptation strategies and mitigation kicked off here on Thursday bringing together 147 participants from 30 countries. "Recent studies have shown that due to many circumstances such as climate change, social and economic factors, forestry is becoming very …
Infighting between competing government departments has weakened the world's ability to tackle droughts, a U.N. official said as scientists meet at an international conference in Mexico this week to discuss desertification. Most governments do not have a separate ministry to handle issues related to water, droughts or land management, said …
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 …
Australia's deserts will expand southward and dry periods will lengthen as global warming alters key tropical circulations, according to new research by US scientists. The researchers studied how the Hadley Circulation – the movement of warm air and moisture away from the tropics – will be affected if carbon-dioxide emissions …
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
The world’s drylands are subject to desertification as a result of extended droughts, climate change, and human activities. Development in drylands depends on addressing degradation of the ecosystem, mainstreaming sustainable natural resources management, and building upon the existing adaptive capacities of communities and institutions. In this regard, recent scientific results …
