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

Farmers in this Nepal district struggle to cope with crop raiding by wild animals

Almost all farmers in Aiddhungra, Budechaur and Bagargot villages have abandoned maize and millet farming due to increasing incursions by wild animals

Developed, urbanised districts have high HIV prevalence: Study

The research finds that there’s high prevalence of HIV in 63 districts in south and north-east regions of the country

Extreme weather, land-use change drive animal movement

A recent study says that land-use change interacts with climate to determine species redistribution

‘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