Land Degradation

Overview of state of regulation and challenges

Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Author(s): Nivit Kumar Yadav

Tags:

Bricks, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, India, Black Carbon, Green House Gases, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Air Pollution, Mining, Land Degradation, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, South Asia, South Africa, Legislation

Air Pollution

Environmental regulations- Brick kilns in Nepal

Presentation by Bhisma Pandit, Energy Auditor, Nepal at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate chang, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Author(s): Bhisma Pandit

Tags:

Bricks, Nepal, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, South Asia, Air Pollution, Mining, Soil Capability, Land Degradation

Environment

Review of Vietnam policy on brick kiln

Presentation by Hoang Anh Le of Vietnam National University at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Author(s): Hoang Anh Le

Tags:

Bricks, Vietnam, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Crop Residues, Air Pollution, Land Use, Land Degradation, South Asia, Diesel, Carbon Monoxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Ozone, Green House Gases

Environment

Environmental cost of using topsoil for brick making

Presentation by Dr. Vinish Kathuria of IIT Bombay at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015

Author(s): Vinish Kathuria

Tags:

Bricks, Air Pollution, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, India, Soil Capability, Land Degradation, Land Use, Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, Urbanisation, Farmers, Chennai (D), Tuticorin, Fly Ash Bricks, Thermal Power Plants, Mining

Industry

Overview on brick kiln: Pollution, technology and where we need to go

Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Author(s): Nivit Kumar Yadav

Tags:

Bricks, India, Building Materials, Air Pollution, Coal, Firewood, China, Bangladesh, Black Carbon, Soil Capability, Workers, Child Labour, Occupational Health, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nepal, South Asia, Land Degradation, Anil Agarwal Dialogue

Environment

Environmental degradation incurs Rs365 billion loss every year

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan on Sunday said that his ministry is taking all-out efforts to control environmental degradation that costs more than Rs365 billio

Publication Date:

02/03/2015

Source: Nation (Pakistan)

Tags:

Environment, Pollution, Pakistan, Water Supply, Sanitation, Deforestation, Land Degradation, Agriculture, Air Pollution, Climate Impacts, South Asia

Climate Change

Climate change and desertification: anticipating, assessing & adapting to future change in drylands

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has made available an 'Impulse Report' and a 'Book of Abstracts' in advance of the UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference, which will convene from 9-12 March 2015, in Cancún, Mexico.

Publication Date:

01/03/2015

Author(s): Mark S. Reed, Lindsay C. Stringer

Source: UNCCD

Tags:

Climate Change, Desert Spread, Land Degradation, Droughts, Agriculture, Forests, Climate Adaptation, UNCCD, Ecosystem Services

Environment

Desertification in Sudan, concept, causes and control

This work aimed to review the aspect of desertification, its concept, causes and its control with special reference to Sudan. It appeared that there was a wide controversy among scientists on the concept of desertification and its causes.

Publication Date:

01/02/2015

Author(s): Abd Almohsin Rizgalla Khairalseed

Source: ARPN Journal of Science and Technology

Vol:

5

Issue:

2

pp:

87-91

Tags:

Desert Spread, Sudan, Africa, Land Degradation, Livestock, Grazing Lands, Agriculture

Energy

Avoiding bioenergy competition for food crops and land

This paper shows that any dedicated use of land for growing bioenergy inherently comes at the cost of not using that land for growing food or animal feed, or for storing carbon. It recommends several policy changes to phase out forms of bioenergy that use crops or that otherwise make dedicated use of land.

Publication Date:

01/01/2015

Author(s): Tim Searchinger, Ralph Heimlich

Source: World Resources Institute

Tags:

Biofuels, Food Crops, Biomass, Green House Gases, Land, Agriculture, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Land Degradation, India, Global

Land