Forests

Sahel countries in race against time to regreen Africa's spreading desert

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The areas surrounding the Sahara desert which decades ago were covered with forests, crops and grasslands, can be restored - a significant chunk of them by 2030

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Deforestation, Grasslands, Senegal, FAO, Africa, Land Degradation, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria
Land

The drylands advantage: protecting the environment, empowering people

A new report by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals the crucial role the world’s drylands play in buffering the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation and drought. Drylands are absolutely key to global food security for the whole planet.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2016
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Tags:
Drylands, Ecosystems, Land Degradation, Biodiversity, El Nino, Indigenous Peoples, Soil Erosion, Food Security, Nutrition, Agriculture, Climate Change, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development
Agriculture

Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Central Mekong: achievements and challenges of implementing integrated systems research

This book summarizes the achievements as well as some of the challenges faced while implementing integrated systems research to support the sustainable development of smallholder farming in the uplands of the Mekong region.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
L. Hiwasaki, A. Bolliger, G. Lacombe, J. Raneri, M. Schut, S. Staal
World Agroforestry Centre
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Sustainable Development, Farmers, Vietnam, China, Laos, Agroforestry, Agricultural Systems, Land Degradation, Land Use
Agriculture

Galamsey threatens cocoa production - Group

The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Agriculture, Ghana, Mining, Illegal Trade, Pollution, Heavy Metals, Land Degradation, Environment, Africa
Climate Change

Coping with climate change and variability: lessons from Sri Lankan communities

Across Sri Lanka, climate change related weather aberrations and resultant extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common. While this affects the country at large, farmers and agricultural workers face the worst impacts of this variability.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2016
UNDP - Sri Lanka
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events, Sri Lanka, Disaster Management, Land Degradation, Droughts, Floods
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of spent-wash by Aurangabad Distillery Ltd. on the farm lands, Taluka Indapur, District Pune, Maharashtra, 14/09/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Hanuman T. Rakte & Others Vs. Aurangabad Distillery Ltd. & Others dated 14/09/2016 regarding discharge of spent-wash by Aurangabad Distillery Ltd. on the farm lands bearing Survey Nos. 36 and 42 of village Rangaon, Mauje Nimsakhar, Taluka Indapur, District Pune, Maharashtra.

Judgement Date: 
14/09/2016
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Pune (D), Waste Disposal, Industrial Waste, Land Degradation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Maharashtra
Forests

Burning Paradise: Korindo accused of destroying Indonesia's last forests

One of Indonesia’s few remaining expanses of pristine rainforest is at imminent risk of destruction by Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo, a new report by an international group of environmenta

Publication Date: 
01/09/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Indonesia, Forest Fires, Land, Ecology, Land Degradation, Palm Oil, Industry
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding loss of agricultural yield due to the pollution of the river Noyyal, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, 26/08/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K. K.Subramaniam & Others Vs Loss of Ecology (Prevention & Payment of Compensation) Authority & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding loss of agricultural yield (Thoppampaptti Village, Thennilai keezh Bhavani Ayacut, Aravakurichi Taluk, Karur District, Tamil Nadu) due to the pollution of the river Noyyal caused by the bleaching and dyeing Units in Tirupur area.

Judgement Date: 
26/08/2016
Tags:
Land Degradation, River Pollution, Noyyal, Textile Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Karur (D), Tamil Nadu, Compensation, Industrial Pollution, Land Pollution, Groundwater Pollution
Land

Satellite Images Show Desertification Eating Into India's Agricultural land

More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Land, Land Degradation, India, Desert Spread, Agriculture, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Space Technology, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir
Land

Desertification eating into agricultural land in India, satellite images show

More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Land, Desert Spread, Land Degradation, India, Agriculture, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Goa

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