A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

The cost of this is high. Last year, three Indian cities—Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune—made it to the top five in a global ...

“Height of nuisance in India. The 30 mins of rain and this is the level of water logging as if drains don't exist at all,” IIM-educated Chirag Mahawar wrote.

Can you guess which country is so hidden that most people have never heard of it? Here's a clue: it’s a small island in the ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 14 December — After two weeks of intense negotiations on how to tackle land degradation, desertification and drought, the largest and most inclusive United Nations land ...

United Nations calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation While countries had already made commitments to protect around 900 million hectares of land, they needed to set a more ...

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday expressed concern over soil degradation affecting 30 per cent of India's land and stressed the need for urgent measures to maintain soil quality ...

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday expressed concern over soil degradation affecting 30 per cent of India's land and stressed the need for urgent measures to maintain soil ...

Saudi Minister Cites India's Efforts In Fighting Land Degradation, Drought Highlighting similarities between Saudi and Indian desert region of Rajasthan, the Saudi minister emphasised on creating ...

Save Soil's map of different levels of land degradation around the globe in 2019. Save Soil It also helps improve water filtration and provides habitats for insects that may be beneficial to the soil.

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 ...

Study also revealed that land degradation costs India nearly 2.54 per cent of its GDP, similarly, in terms of total economic loss incurred, annual cost of land degradation in Jharkhand is estimated at ...