Unfinished business

Give us our lands

Hugo's hugely popular step

Italian landshark rebuffed

Clashing interests

India: Making of a desert over the years

Over 25 per cent of India’s land area is undergoing desertification. Of the 30 states, 26 recorded an increase in the area under …

Desertification is one of the biggest challenges for Indian agriculture

Loss of soil cover, mainly due to rainfall and surface runoff, is one of the biggest reasons for desertification. It is responsible for 10.98% of …

Curbing desertification as critical as mitigating climate change impact

Currently, some two billion people are affected by desertification and land degradation; 41 per cent of the landmass worldwide is prone to …

Manoj Roy on housing for poor in Dhaka

Manoj Roy teaches sustainability science at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. He talks about how Dhaka is going through a …

Howl of the hills

Land use policy for the country on anvil

Rural development ministry revives two-decade old plan to demarcate the country according to land use to avert conflicts

Goa's mining problems

Union Budget 2022-23: How will ‘Kisan Drones’ benefit farmers, experts ask

‘Spraying pesticides and fertilisers will help industries the most‘

Now farmland reservation

Rural development ministry suggests land reservation for agriculture

THREATENED WETLAND

Nepal king to pay taxes

Company dupes Balangir tribals, takes away land

Road open for development

Tweak in Chennai landuse to sidestep coastal norms

World Desertification Day 2023: Granting equal land rights to women can reduce world hunger significantly, says UN

Removing legal barriers to women owning land will help with soil health protection, notes United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

These warriors lead the way in greening degraded land; but they need more support

Uttarakhand government should encourage the greening efforts of the Indian Army soldiers and other such groups; financial support and timely …

Land conflicts affect over 3.2 million people in India

Investment worth US$179 billion in over 5,000 projects is also threatened due to these conflicts

Climate talks: INDCs and the role of land use

Though some countries have emphasised on land-use change and forestry in their contributions, their commitments don’t seem to be ambitious …

Putting in place

Resettlement and rehabilitation of persons displaced by land acquisitions must form a part of the Land Acquisition Act, says NHRC

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Land Bill gets new name and many amendments

States get freedom to decide whether land under multi-crop is to be acquired