11,000 scientists warn: Climate change isn’t just about temperature
A new paper track a broad set of indicators to convey the effects of human activities on greenhouse gas emissions, and the consequent impacts on …
Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration
Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …
Africa’s Great Green Wall: Viable return on investments, says FAO study
GGW programme aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded ecosystems across 11 countries in the region
World Indigenous Peoples Day: How net-zero climate goal alienates tribals
Promotion of net-zero climate targets may alienate tribals from their land when science tells us that there is simply not enough land
Holistic approach could be key to curb climate change: Experts
Different aspect of climate change should not be taken in isolation rather the time has come to find solutions holistically
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 30, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?
The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …
Fishery degradation in Pakistan: A poverty-environment nexus?
The number of fishing vessels in Pakistani coastal waters has been steadily increasing but the fish catches steadily decreasing. Press reports …
Nothing goes waste
The biological method of hospital waste management, which helps reclaim degraded land and cultivate medicinal plants, may be the best alternative …
PIL seeking directions for carrying capacity: An opportunity to save the ecology of Himalayan states
Determining capacity and resources is critical for sustainable development
Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture
Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production
Digha in troubled waters
Coming of a desert
When climate crisis meets human rights conundrum: Decoding death curves of environment, land avengers
As many as 1,539 environment, land right defenders were killed between 2012 and 2020
Healthy diet means a healthy planet? Not always, says study
Massive amounts of agricultural resources are mobilised to support current diet patterns, including non-renewable energy, fertiliser nutrients, …
UNDP kicks off its innovation summit
The two-day conference will see how innovations can address development challenges in Asia and the Pacific
‘EIAs of mining projects have become a farce’
Christopher Albin-Lackey, senior researcher with New York-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has documented the large-scale environmental …
More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: The world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news
Especially troubling is the unprecedented surge in climate-related disasters since 2019
Desertification in India: Mining monstrous for Goa, but urbanisation digs a bigger hole
Lack of planning has potential of becoming the biggest degrader of land in Goa
Salvaged sands
One-man commission's rebuff forces Goa government to jettison proposal to privatise beach
Ease of doing business takes precedence over environmental and social concerns in project review process
The office memorandum has taken a very myopic view of any perceived delay in appraisal for environmental clearance
Land degradation in India hurts farmers and forest dwellers the most
More than half of the degraded land in the country is either rainfed farmland, responsible for the food security of the country, or forest land …
Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow
Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …
‘Don’t buy our coal’
John Gordon believes a song can get people thinking. He spends the better part of a year teaching musicians from Australia’s aboriginal …
Land degradation a major threat but avoidable. So why the inaction
'None of the countries have set numerical targets for land degradation neutrality'
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