Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
TEHRAN — 72 percent of people in Iran are withstanding prolonged drought, the director for drought and crisis management department of Iran’s Meteorological Organization said. Since the beginning of the current crop year in Iran and based on the indices of the past nine months (September 23, 2015-June 20, 2016) …
This report reviews information on drought characteristics and management in the Caribbean region, identifies the relevant national and regional agencies and focal points involved in drought management, and brings together information on their work at national and regional level. Climate-related hazards are the most frequently occurring natural hazards in the …
Centre’s drought crisis management plan explains that relief measures must be implemented by States with its active cooperation. The manual sets out four important measures that a State government should take at the time of a drought, with the Union government’s help. It should use the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural …
Centre’s drought crisis management plan explains that relief measures must be implemented by States with its active cooperation. The manual sets out four important measures that a State government should take at the time of a drought, with the Union government’s help. It should use the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural …
Supreme Court in this 53-page verdict delivered on May 11, 2016 pulled up the government over a lack of preparedness for the drought which struck at least 10 states across the country. The apex court ordered creating a national plan to tackle the crisis, a disaster fund and standard procedures …
As testimonies of farmers’ distress from drought-hit regions of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telengana and Rajasthan were unfolded in the national Capital on Sunday, experts and activists during a national consultation expressed concern over the way the recent prevailing crisis has been handled while calling for a concrete …
This book focuses on the medium-term prospects (over the next two decades) for increasing the resilience to drought and other shocks of people living in dryland areas of East and West Africa. Increasing resilience will not automatically lead to poverty eradication; for poverty to be eradicated, a number of additional …
With climate change, frequent extreme weather events and an increasingly unpredictable monsoon impacting millions each year, the Centre has cleared a proposal to set up a centralised system for providing real-time data for flood forecasts, water resource assessment and drought management. The Cabinet's decision on Wednesday approving implementation of the …
Water management requires multiple levels of policy action. The problem is not a shortage of water, but the absence of proper mechanisms for its augmentation, conservation, distribution, and effi cient use. Water management should be given number one priority in agricultural policy, particularly to prevent drought, minimise the risks due …
Lucknow: While the state is facing one of the worst farm crises ever, experts who took part in a recent workshop organised by the World Bank and irrigation department, suiggested technologies which can predict drought. "Now the time has come for drought forecasting and the researchers have developed such a …
More than four years into a drought, California's efforts to manage the crisis have produced mixed results, according to a report card issued Monday by a leading environmental nonprofit organization. The state received high marks from the Natural Resources Defense Council for its urban conservation and water recycling but performed …
The government of Ireland on Tuesday announced that it will provide an additional €2 million to drought affected people in Ethiopia. According to Irish Aid in Addis Ababa, the latest announcement was made by Seán Sherlock, the Irish Minister for Development, Trade Promotion and North South Co-operation. The funding brings …
On Monday 22 November 2015, the African Development Bank and the Government of Sudan, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), launched the Sudan component of Phase II of the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood Program for the Horn of Africa (DRSLP-II). The ceremony was presided over by …
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to support 19 provinces across the country which have been affected by drought and salinity intrusion with VND284.5 billion (US$12.7 million) in aid. The aid which came from the State budget, will be used to address the consequences of acute drought and saltwater …
Droughts will likely become more frequent, greater in magnitude and longer in duration in the future due to climate change. Already in the present climate, a variety of drought events may occur with different exceedance frequencies. These frequencies are becoming more uncertain due to climate change. Many methods in support …
As climate change threatens India’s food security, adaptation in the agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important. However, for too long, adaptation has been characterized by individual efforts and by small, time-bound pilot projects. Although these projects often have a strong grassroots focus, their capacity to benefit larger populations and to …
NASHIK: Deputy director of Groundwater Survey Development Agency (GSDA) Ajay Karve on Tuesday said the state government should have adopted a more scientific approach for the works taken under the Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan, a flagship programme that aims at making 5,000 villages in Maharashtra drought-free in five years. He said …
(Reuters) - California water regulators on Saturday revised a still-tentative drought plan by easing cuts for Los Angeles and San Diego and bumping up reduction targets in the areas that consume the most water. The changes are an apparent response to criticism from cities, which would have taken the brunt …
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 …
KARACHI: In the wake of below average rainfall in Thar in recent years, the Sindh government has planned a series of water, food and livestock projects under a strategy to end water shortfall in the drought-hit desert district, it emerged on Wednesday. Officials in the Sindh government said the death …
