A study by Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute or TERI estimated that the economic losses from land degradation and change of land use in 2014-’15 stood at 2.54% of India’s GDP or ...

India has committed to land degradation neutrality, by 2030, which is a Sustainable Development Goal. News / Environment / Land degradation cost India 2.5% of its GDP in 2014-15 See Less ...

Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) cost India about 2.54 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15, a new study commissioned by the environment ministry has found.

A new report from the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) shows that land inequality and land degradation has increased in India. According to the report, 10% of ...

Tackling land degradation, desertification and drought resilience in Indian agriculture According to UNCCD report, as of 2019, India had 30.51 million hectares of degraded land, which accounts for ...

Soil erosion contributes around 15–30 billion tons of sediment, which is transported annually by the major rivers of the world into oceans, accounting for approximately 46% of the total land ...

With 32% of India’s land affected by degradation and 25% undergoing desertification, land degradation has become a major challenge that threatens the country’s environment, agricultural ...

With current rates of land degradation undermining the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people around the world, and exacerbating other crises like water, ... Land Degradation in India.