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India restores 21.76 million hectares of deforested land, nears 84 per cent of Bonn Challenge targetIndia has made significant strides in land restoration. Between 2011 and 2020, over 21 million hectares of degraded land were restored, as ...- 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...
- Centre notifies new Wetland Conservation Rules, asks states, UTs to set up authorityThe ministry has also directed that each state and Union Territory will have to set up an authority that will define strategies for conserv...
- India "walking the talk" on climate change commitments, says Prakash Javadekar at COP 25Speaking at a high-level meeting at the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 25 in Madrid, the minister presented...
- 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.
- Ending plastic disposal on land, water ultimate goal: Top goverment official
- States' top priority should be to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022: Environment SecretaryEnvironment Secy C K Mishra said the ministry has issued guidelines to states and UTs in the past and has been urging them to take the nece...
- Fight against climate change: 200 nations pledge to focus on land-based solutionsCountries have pledged to encourage the development of community-driven transformative projects and programmes, as well as focus on efforts...
- India has developed first catchment treatment plan for Ganga to meet climate goal: OfficialThe commitment to increase additional 2.5-3 billion tonnes carbon sink was made by India in the Paris Agreement in 2015 to fight climate ch...
- India to raise target for restoring degraded land: PM ModiModi also said India would be happy to propose initiatives for greater South-South cooperation in addressing issues of climate change, biod...
- Market Movers: What changed for D-Street while you were sleepingHere is breaking down the pre-market actions.
- Pakistan skips UN summit in India on restoring landDesignated seats of two Pakistani representatives remained vacant during the plenary on inaugural day.
- 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.
- World comes together to slow down land degradation and desertificationThe fortnight long meeting will focus on practical measures to recover degraded land areas, critical gaps in land management and planning.
- India to restore 50 lakh hectare of degraded land by 2030: JavadekarIndia is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2-13.
- India to host UN conference on combating desertification
- Desertification, land degradation, drought cost India 2.54% of its GDP: StudyDesertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) cost India about 2.54 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15, a new s...
- 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...
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