UNFF: Countries adopt declaration on forest protection, emphasise on adopting technology for monitoring

The resolution paves the path for strengthening the International Arrangement on Forests, says UNFF19 Chair

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

The impact of floods has become more severe due to land degradation, human pressures & over-extraction of groundwater

Severe environmental harm equal to genocide, crime against humanity: Experts write to International Criminal Court

Human activities leading to severe environmental harm also violate human rights; must be punished, they urge in joint statement

Gut microbes that digest cellulose are declining, especially in industrialised nations

Industrialised nations tend to prefer processed food ingredients over a plant-based diet with increased fibre levels  

100 million hectares of arable land lost yearly to degradation, shows UN report

Eastern and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean regions experience the most severe degradation

Modi bats for South-South ties, plastic ban at UNCCD meet

PM raises land reclamation target to 26 mln hectares by 2030

Soil resources mapped

A 'common' problem

In a quarry

Goa pays a price for unchecked mining, says a study

ETHIOPIA

Why reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation remains a challenge

Fund constraints and lack of clarity on implementation derails the progress of REDD+

Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report

The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said  

Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report

It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked

Mining in news on April 11

Today’s updates in the mining industry

Desertification has increased in 90 per cent of states in India

Increased drying of soil will further precipitate the agrarian crisis in the country

Cleaning up Mt Everest

Tax the rich and help the poor survive

Bleak future

Pollution, heat affect cognition more among those from disadvantaged sections: Study

The effects of temperature are more pronounced in the rural parts of China and India

Quarter of the Amazon at point of no return, says new report; still possible to save remainder

Some 66% of the Amazon is subject to some type of constant or permanent pressure

Farakka barrage flayed

Going overboard with development?

A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi

In 4 years, India lost over 30 million hectares of healthy land to degradation: UN data

This is almost 10% of all the country's entire landmass 

World Environmental Health Day: Let’s strengthen environmental health to implement SDGs

Restoring our contaminated ecosystem and biodiversity will help to brush off poverty

World status of land degradation