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

The Tribal Affairs Ministry has asked the Environment Ministry to provide scientific evidence to support the claim that granting land rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, has led to forest ...

A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...

India’s stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of ...

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 ...

"We are producing more than 330 million tonnes foodgrains annually and exporting worth USD 50 billion. This success however comes with concerns, especially regarding soil health," the minister said.

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 ...

Speaking on the Saudi's primary goals for the presidency of COP16, Dr Faqeeha stated that the focused is on raising awareness of the impact of land degradation, drought, and desertification.

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 ...