At least three to four species of mals, such as the Indian Cheetah, pink-headed duck, and the Great Indian Bustard, have become extinct due to desertification in India, researchers warned at the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United ...
mals are the worst victims of land degradation, desertification, and soil erosion, said Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), here on Saturday. ...
The International Orgzation for Migration (IOM) has revealed in a study that any absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to an increase in migration and conflict at the grass-root level, as predicted by the scientists. ...
The Union government has identified 130 wetlands in the country to be restored in the next five years, while to speed up the process, the Centre has asked the states to send an integrated management plan by October 15, a senior official said on Thurs ...
With land degradation massively affecting livelihood at the local level in all parts of the world, UNCCD has said that 122 countries have committed to set Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets so far. ...
The 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) will send a clear message through the Delhi Declaration that "we as human beings must be able to reverse the trend and invest massively in land restoration," said Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary ...
Land degradation is a local problem, hence the solutions have to be found locally but the best practices can be shared globally, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. ...
