Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar

He also defended the Centre’s role in the case questioning the FRA’s validity

Desertification expands in areas on front line of climate change

The latest IPCC report does not clearly link climate change to desertification, but it does say desertification is a “function of both …

Final arguments in FRA case to begin on November 26

The court admitted all Intervention Applications even as the Centre’s representative, the Solicitor General, remained absent

‘Giving community rights to indigenous people will benefit nations, nature’

Environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaks to Down To Earth about how these communities are solution providers for issues surrounding …

Not enough funds to combat desertification, degradation: UNCCD chief Ibrahim Thiaw

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification executive secretary bats for private funds

Snow leopards, cultural codes can help prevent land degradation in Himalayas: Experts

The animal’s conservation will mean saving herbivores and the land they feed on, said panelists at an event at COP14

Delhi Declaration might downplay international finance institutions’ role in mitigating desertification

A key paragraph has been proposed for deletion in the draft declaration

FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead

The apex court will decide whether to take them up in September 12 hearing 

FRA: Deadline gone, states yet to submit data on rejected claims to FSI

The Supreme Court had ordered states that had not given requisite data to the FSI by August 31

झारखंड के 43 हजार हेक्टेयर सारंडा वन क्षेत्र में खनन की छूट दे सकती है केंद्र

मुख्यमंत्री रघुबर दास ने भी केंद्र को चिट्ठी लिखकर नियम…

$6.4 billion spent to combat desertification in last 2 years: Report

The cost of combating land degradation and desertification has been estimated at $450 billion annually

Centre may open 43,000 ha of Jharkhand’s Saranda forest for mining

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change orders formation of a committee to look into the prospect of amending Management Plan for …

70% of global forests at risk of degradation: UNCCD report

The Amazon, Borneo and the Greater Mekong regions will lose the most forest cover by 2030, it says

Land degradation a major threat but avoidable. So why the inaction

'None of the countries have set numerical targets for land degradation neutrality'

‘Giving land tenure rights to commons can prevent degradation’

Around 80 million hectare of common lands in India provide livelihood to around 350 million people, finds studies conducted by a Gujarat-based non-…

UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released

Soil Organic Carbon, which is the plant and animal tissues at various states of decomposition in the soil, is a yardstick for sustainable land …

At UNCCD CoP, Babul Supriyo talks JFM but remains mum on FRA

This, despite the fact that the Joint Forest Management model has become obsolete with the coming of the Forest Rights Act

Desertification in India: Mining erodes soil, water table dips in Jharkhand

Water table in Barkitand village of Giridih district has fallen from 8 metre below the ground level in 2013 to about 10 m in 2017

UNCCD CoP: India still unclear about its degradation target

Prakash Javadekar quotes target figure substantially less than that decided by his ministry

Government allows 100% FDI in coal mining

The Union cabinet decides to further liberalise FDI rules in four sectors to boost economic growth  

ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020

Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states 

Debate around NMC Act highlights problems rankling technical education institutes

Doctors and activists across the country say NMC Act will corporatise medical education and lower the quality of healthcare providers

124 tigers poached every year for 18 years in Asia: Report

Most of the seizures of tiger body parts occurred in India, finds a report released by TRAFFIC

Centre interviews official named in tiger poaching probe for WII directorship

Samir Sinha, former director of Jim Corbett National Park, is one of the eight officials the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change …

Draft amendment to Forest Act: Javadekar denies, but different pictures at states

Forest department of Telangana has held consultations to amend its forest Act