Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Indigenous Peoples' right to give or withhold consent to development projects that affect their natural resources and ways of life has become stronger thanks to a new manual that guides development actors in designing and implementing such projects. The Manual on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) outlines essential ways …
This report documents the precarious situation faced by many of the world’s 21 million refugees, the vast majority of which are hosted in low and middle-income countries, while many of the world’s wealthiest nations host the fewest and do the least. If all – or most – countries were to …
Armed conflict and communal or ethnic violence have continued to cause massive displacement in India. The country is in need of amending its policies in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles for protecting internally displaced persons. The reliability of the existing data on IDPs and lack of a national …
The aim of this assessment report is twofold, such that it: maps the migration– environment nexus in Kenya by looking at human mobility due to environmental change; and examines existing policy and legal frameworks and offers guidance in mainstreaming migration in Kenya’s national planning of different sectors and at different …
The peacefulness of the lush green fields of paddy and maize lining the road to Vemulaghat village in Telangana, India belies the anger of villagers protesting against the southern state's plans to acquire about 21,000 acres of land for a reservoir. The Komuravelli Mallanna Sagar reservoir will irrigate 1.2 million …
1,000 families take shelter with relatives. Hyderabad: Nearly 3,000 people have been displaced in the city due to heavy rains in the last two days and shifted to rehabilitation centres established in government schools, anganwadi centers and other government buildings. Besides this, nearly 1,000 families from inundated apartments in Kukatpally …
Flash floods have destroyed crops in Somalia leaving nearly half the population short of food Nearly five million people in Somalia are suffering from a shortage of food due to poor rainfall, floods and displacement, the United Nations says. More than 300,000 children under the age of five are severely …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Conservation of Nature Trust & Others Vs District Collector Kanyakumari District. Nagercoil & Others regarding Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the MoEF & CC in respect of the proposal of National Highways for the purpose of widening …
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The need for adopting an integrated approach in mitigation measures to manage problems of climate change was emphasised at a meeting organised by the Madurai Productivity Council and Aditya Medical Trust here recently. T. Velrajan of the Department of Civil Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, the resource person, said that …
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday took stock of nine baby rhinos rescued from the recent spate of floods and kept at a rehabilitation centre in the Kaziranga national park. Sonowal interacted with officials and got a briefing on the status of the baby rhinos, baby elephants and some …
Visakhapatnam: Even as the state government has planned to develop an integrated sports complex by taking over lands from Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), several trade unions associated with the steel plant have expressed their opposition to the move. According to the trade unions, 250 acres, which has been sought by …
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 600,000 Ethiopians have fled their homes since March, largely due to flooding, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with more rain predicted up to December. Ethiopia was hit in 2015 by one of the worst droughts in decades, with 10 million requiring emergency …
Hundreds of primary schools located along either bank of the Brahmaputra were flooded this monsoon. For several weeks, students of schools in flood-prone areas missed classes. To make matters worse, the state government set up relief camps in schools, further inconveniencing students and affecting classes. Such interruptions, frequent in a …
Around 40.92 lakh people have been affected so far in the devastating floods this year in the State with 41, 426.48 hectares of agricultural land being exposed to immense loss. This was informed by Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management Pallab Lochan Das in the Legislative Assembly on …
In accordance with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of India, the Tehri dam displaced families rehabilitated in Pashulok and Pathari areas will be granted land ownership rights. Chairing a meet with departmental officials on Monday, the State Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai directed revenue department officials to hold a …
PATNA: The flood situation in Bihar remained critical today with four more deaths reported from Katihar district, taking the toll to 95. The State disaster management department said 33 lakh people have been hit by the flood in 14 districts. Purnia district accounts for the highest number of deaths at …
Farm produce on 1.61 lakh hectares of land has been damaged so far as per a survey. With one fresh death reported from Gopalganj, the toll in Bihar floods on Wednesday increased to 61 with many areas in 13 districts still under water in the state. The floods have affected …
Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Monday with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at …
Ivorian security forces have driven thousands of cocoa farmers out of a national park this week at the start of an operation to preserve the refuge for endangered chimpanzees and forest elephants, a government source and locals said on Thursday. Mont Peko is one of a few dwindling patches of …
