On a felling spree

Fund source

Identified to curb land blight

India losing biodiversity hotspots

India’s northeastern states desertifying most rapidly

Half of Nagaland is degraded, flags new report

Desertification in India: Canal, tubewells make saline Jaisalmer green

Increasing agricultural activity reversed soil erosion in the district

Delhi Declaration might downplay international finance institutions’ role in mitigating desertification

A key paragraph has been proposed for deletion in the draft declaration

Land degradation makes containing floods and droughts tough

Water erosion accounts for more than 50 per cent of total degraded area in India

Simply Put: Road to perdition

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

Despite PM Modi’s assurance, land degradation, desertification increasing

Some 29.7 per cent of India’s land is degraded, according to a new ISRO atlas

Mining for disaster

Food for thought

Groundwater sullied

NIGERIA

Livestock boom

Poor farmers can benefit from it, only if there are appropriate regulations in place

Plastic recycling is failing — here’s how the world must respond

Retailers must make it easier for customers to refill containers

Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study

Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions

Evidences dating back to the 1500s to be used for projections on climate change, biodiversity

The scoping study will be conducted over three years and analyse impact up till 2050

INDIA

UNITED NATIONS

Weaving insect wildlife back into the tapestry of life

The fate of insects is entwined with that of people and of many other vertebrates

UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests

The 14th Finance Commission had given 7.5 per cent weightage to forest cover

Desertification in India: Less snow, more rain ail Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur

Water guzzling apple orchards and rampant tourism is affecting the state

Urban wildlife and disappearing commons

A third of freshwater fish face extinction: Report

As many as 16 species were declared extinct in 2020 alone