High time to move away from the master plan approach for Indian cities
Initiatives such as GIS-based master & development plans for 500 AMRUT cities are encouraging but we are still far behind
Central Africa can develop sustainably only with environmental protection, social equity: Report
Central Africa is seeing an acceleration in oil extraction, mining and forestry, that is putting pressure on ecosystems
Factsheet: Agriculture and forestry
Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) is a broad category of emissions that has been used by the IPCC since 2006. It widely used in …
Increasing population puts pressure on land and water too: UNCCD
Demand of water for agricultural purposes will double by 2050 due to increasing demands for food
Lexical conundrum: Desertification does not allude to deserts
Today, desertification just means a reduction in the productivity of the land that is not reversible
‘Pro-farmer’ Madhya Pradesh government in a fix as land acquisition protest gains steam
A massive agitation would be staged in New Delhi on February 23 if the demands of farmers are not met
A 2°C rise in temperature would make 25% of the world drier, affecting 1.5 bn people
In India, desertification is a fundamental threat to agriculture; out of India's total geographical area of 328.72 million hectares (MHA), 96.4 …
Losing land to desertification
Drought and desertification affect about 1.9 billion hectares of land and 1.5 billion people globally
Senegal’s infamous agri-business project, Senhuile SA, on verge of shutdown?
A recent report states that the company is facing protests from residents of surrounding villages due to allegations of land grabbing and …
Fenced out
The Delhi administration's move to make the Asola and Bhatti sanctuaries exclusively protected areas ring alarm bells in the local villages
Too high a price
Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer
Arid politics
Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast-spreading problem, all they can …
Wild at home
Private farms, cattle ranches and indigenous people help in managing wild animals, thereby giving a fillip to Zimbabwe's wildlife conservation policy
Deep rumblings
Increase in incidence of earthquakes in Kerala, otherwise a seismically stable zone, is due to high sea pressure and changing land- use patterns
Red alert in Chhattisgarh
Land acquisition is at the centre of intense political and social disputes in the tribal hinterland of Chhattisgarh. On the one hand, Naxal …
Update
Tribal rights head nowhere
Chhattisgarh's plan for a new capital puts farmers in a fix
A noise filter for the State
Roll back SEZ
A classless enemy
Goa's citizenry make themselves heard at a mining public hearing
Draft amendment to Forest Conservation Act may dilute protection to forests
The proposed draft, accessed by Down to Earth, may grant exemptions to railways, roads, tree plantations, oil exploration, wildlife …
Building dreams for homeless
Government promises land to the homeless in its draft Homestead Bill, but where’s the land?
Lack of governance agenda
The disconnect between Left’s politics at the Centre and the states is clear—and a problem