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Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...- Aravalli Bachao Andolan launched with 1000-km rally from Mount AbuA 1,000-km foot march has begun in Jaipur to raise awareness about the Aravalli mountain range. Youth leader Nirmal Choudhary initiated the...
- China just transformed a barren desert into a thriving landscape — here’s how they did itAwati County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has been converted from a desertified, arid landscape into a flourishin...
- Brics collaborate to build global order with a commitment to multipolarity: EAM JaishankarExternal affairs minister S Jaishankar emphasized the significance of Brics, highlighting its role in making global discussions more inclus...
- Scientists warn of climate threat to chocolateA new report found that "climate change, due primarily to burning oil, coal, and methane gas, is causing hotter temperatures to become more...
- COP16 report warns three-quarters of global land 'permanently drier'The aridity expansion, linked to global warming, now affects over 40% of the Earth's landmass and could impact up to five billion people by...
- Environment takes centre stage as global summits loomGlobal environmental challenges such as global warming, biodiversity loss, desertification, and plastic pollution will be the focus of upco...
- The world is quietly losing the land it needs to feed itselfIronically, one of the biggest challenges in the fight against land degradation is universal: We need to eat. About 40% of the planet’s lan...
- Government plans 1,400km long 'Great Green Wall’ of IndiaThe project intends to counter climate change and desertification and is inspired by Africa's “Great Green Wall” from Dakar to Djibouti.
- Prakash Javadekar opens COP on land desertification, says positive action can restore balance of natureThe 11-day conference is being held with delegates from 196 countries.
- India to host UN conference on combating desertification
- Global warming of 2 degrees may up drought, wildfiresThe study showed that reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere to limit global warming under 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius would dr...
- World to become drier with global warming of 2 degrees CelsiusOver a quarter of the world's land could become significantly drier even if global warming is limited to the target of two degree Celsius, ...
- NDMA asks Punjab government to focus on preventive stepsNDMA has also underlined the need for strict adherence to National Building Code as it was found that unsafe buildings inflicted more causa...
- Government working to make India land degradation neutral by 2023For this to happen, all critical stakeholders— ministries of environment, agriculture, water resources and land resources— have to work tog...
- India to be 'land degradation neutral' by 2030: Prakash JavadekarJavadekar said that the objective of land degradation neutrality is to maintain or improve the condition of land resources via sustainable ...
- Introduce practical steps to adapt to climate change: BanUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked all countries to take practical steps to deal with the impact of global warming, saying that adaptat...
- Drought a major cause for food crisis: UN agencyAddressing the problem of drought is essential in resolving food crisis that is being faced by several countries, the United Nations agency...
- 'Drought a major cause for food crisis'Addressing the problem of drought is essential in resolving food crisis that is being faced by several countries, the United Nations said, ...
- UN launches global effort to predict climatic changesThe UN has started a drive to improve the ability to forecast changes in climate and cope with extreme weather patterns, such as desertific...
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