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INTERNATIONAL DROUGHT MECHANISM
Italy planted Norway spruce across the Alps in the 1930s, a deliberate-but-naive reforestation drive, but 90 years on, plant diversity is 50% lower than in native forestsA 90-year-old reforestation project in Italy's Prealps planted Norway spruce. A new study reveals this decision drastically reduced plant d...- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- The Amazon Makes Its Own Rain: How the Rainforest Recycles Moisture to Sustain ItselfThe Amazon rainforest actively generates its own rainfall through a vital moisture recycling process. Trees release vast amounts of water v...
- IRS unveils major tax relief for farmers and ranchers hit hard by nationwide drought in 49 statesThe Internal Revenue Service offers tax relief to farmers and ranchers. This is for those who sold livestock due to drought. The relief cov...
- UN meet fails to reach global agreement on droughtsNearly 200 countries at the UN-sponsored meeting on desertification in Riyadh failed to reach a consensus on a global drought resilience me...
- Confident of achieving $31 billion chemical export target this fiscal: CHEMEXCILCHEMEXCIL Director General Raghuveer Kini expressed confidence in achieving the USD 31 billion chemical export target for 2024-25. Strong d...
- Why droughts, not economic struggles, could be the new reason for urban migrationA study analyzing internal migration patterns across 72 countries over 50 years highlights how droughts are emerging as a key driver of mig...
- More known on Indian Ocean dipole formation, helping predict climate change impact accurately: Study
- India among 5 economies worst hit by climate change: UN ReportWhat is more worrying for low income countries like India is the fact that economic losses from up to 87% of disasters are not reported.
- Cauvery verdict: SC directs Karnataka to release 177.25 tmc water to Tamil NaduKarnataka was asked to release 177.25 tmc water to Tamil Nadu, every year, against 192 tmc water which was decided earlier.
- Now sugar traders alarm govt about price escalation, demand importsDuty Free Import of White Sugar for bulk consumers and food companies as 60% of total production of sugar is consumed by them, it said.
- Climate change will lead to uncontrollable rise in migration: StudyA study by ActionAid, Climate Action Network South Asia and Bread for the World (Brot Fuer Die Welt) cautioned about the devastating and in...
- Climate change will lead to uncontrollable rise in migration: Study
- Time for aviation industry to meet its environmental duesThe world has waited long enough for aviation - and indeed shipping - to join international efforts to bridge the emissions gap.
- Wheat exports set to top 9.5 mt this financial yearWheat exports are poised to rise as govt is keen to ship out 5 million tonne from official stocks to make space for the bumper harvest.
- Drought threat to four states, food minister KV Thomas saysKV Thomas tells Nitin Sethi that it makes better sense to distribute stocked foodgrain to people of the country than subsidise exports.
- Climate change to cause more migrations in Asia Pacific: ADBThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) today said that typhoons, cyclones, floods and drought are forcing more and more people to migrate.
- UPA plans to involve citizens in tracking NREGA’s progressThe move is part of the follow-up action planned by the rural development ministry to ensure better implementation of the scheme.
- Govt to import food items to bridge shortfall: MukherjeeWith food grain and agri commodities production set to fall due to drought, the government on Friday said it will import those items that w...
- MSP fixing mechanism comes under reviewNEW DELHI: The government is considering bringing about changes in the mechanism for fixing the minimum support price including giving more...
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