Simply Put: Road to perdition

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

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

UNCCD COP14: Desertification, land degradation hit poor hardest

Climate change drives migration but many can’t even move out: Report 

Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Pine pressure

Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology

Farmers face land crisis

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

10 highlights from the State of India's Environment report

How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016

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

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