Himalaya's human face
HIMALAYA LIFE ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD·David Zurick and P P Karan·John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London·1999&…
Old as the hills
Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …
Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion
Between Maoists and mines
Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera
COP27 impact: What does the loss and damage fund mean for Majuli’s Salmora potters?
Riverbank erosion due to climate change and government measures to deal with it are both affecting the Assam community
India lost 31% of grasslands in a decade
While area under grazing and common lands saw a decline between 2005 and 2015, croplands increased, according to a report India presented to UNCCD
Deserts not deserted, but full of floral, faunal activity
These unforgiving lands may appear lifeless only to the unacquainted, but they are a unique and living ecosystem
Desertification in India: Slash-and-burn farming destroys Nagaland
Experts blame shifting cultivation for land degradation as about 20,000 hectares of forest is felled every year in the state for it
Desertification in India: Where are Himalayan springs?
Rapidly disappearing springs will eventually impact rivers and cause desertification in the plains
UNCCD COP14: Droughts most disastrous for agriculture
They cost agriculture $29 billion in a decade, according to a white paper released at the conference
Snow leopards, cultural codes can help prevent land degradation in Himalayas: Experts
The animal’s conservation will mean saving herbivores and the land they feed on, said panelists at an event at COP14
A Nationalised Nightmare
One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …
Over 70% of Africa's grazing land is facing degradation due to invasive plant species
Introduced as a viable reforestation solution, Prosopis juliflora is causing land degradation in Africa and has put pastoralists at risk as …
Journey into the market-place
Papua New Guinea has come a long way from a society that began cultivating crops in 8000 BC and had no need for a market economy. It came in …
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
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
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
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