India has made significant strides in land restoration. Between 2011 and 2020, over 21 million hectares of degraded land were restored, as ...

With India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...

A groundbreaking technique from China transforms barren desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months. Researchers use resilient cyanobac...

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav outlines India's efforts to address land degradation and desertification at CoP16 in Riyadh. He highlights I...

India’s agricultural crisis from land degradation needs swift action, stresses COP16 Presidency Advisor Osama Faqeeha.

Ironically, one of the biggest challenges in the fight against land degradation is universal: We need to eat. About 40% of the planet’s lan...

The project intends to counter climate change and desertification and is inspired by Africa's “Great Green Wall” from Dakar to Djibouti.

Designated seats of two Pakistani representatives remained vacant during the plenary on inaugural day.

The fortnight long meeting will focus on practical measures to recover degraded land areas, critical gaps in land management and planning.

India is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2-13.

"India will lead by example and cooperate with the world. We will make all necessary contributions in the matter," Javadekar said.

Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) cost India about 2.54 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15, a new s...

Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that the central government will extend all possible support to any scheme for enhancing t...

By the end of 2014, there was 1.72 million square kilometers of sandified land, about 17.93 per cent of the national territory, down 9,902 ...

For this to happen, all critical stakeholders— ministries of environment, agriculture, water resources and land resources— have to work tog...

Javadekar said that the objective of land degradation neutrality is to maintain or improve the condition of land resources via sustainable ...