Biodiversity

The Chagga homegardens on Kilimanjaro

Diversity and refuge function for indigenous fauna and flora in anthropogenically influenced habitats in tropical regions under global change on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Claudia Hemp, Andreas Hemp
IHDP Update
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Mountains, Land Use, Mountain Ecosystems, Agriculture, Home Gardens, Agroforestry, Flora, Insects, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Tanzania
Agriculture

 Who will grow food?

Kerala

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
M Suchitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wetlands, Land Use, Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Rice, Cash Crops, Food Policy, Food Prices, Food Supply, Farmers, Subsidies, Legislation, Kerala
Land

Land is not a dematerialised share certificate: Bengal Governor

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has said that land is not an impersonal, dematerialised share certificate which one can buy and sell with every swing of the Sensex. He has also called for sensitiveness to land losers.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Use, Land Acquisition, Economic Development
Climate Change

Prioritizing land-management options for carbon sequestration potential

Global warming is inevitable. Therefore, the need is to develop strategies to reduce the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Carbon sequestration through biomass seems to be a cheap and viable option. There are several land-use options which can sequester carbon. Their potential of locking carbon differs not only with the type of species, but also with the agroclimatic zones. Hence, location-specific land-use systems need to be

Publication Date: 
10/09/2008
Pankaj Panwar, Divy Ninad Koul
Current Science
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Tags:
Land Use, Agroforestry, Horticulture, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Sequestration, West Bengal
Industry

Public hearing details for Nirma Cement Plant held at Padhiarka, Mahuva Dist, Bhavnagar

Public hearing details for Nirma Cement Plant held at Padhiarka, Mahuva Dist, Bhavnagar.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2008
Tags:
Nirma, Cement Industry, Public Hearing, Bhavnagar (D), Gujarat, Land Use, Salinity, Industry
Land

Nano deadlocks show holes in land policy

BY RINA CHANDRAN
NEW DELHI

A colonial-era law for land acquisitions in India has helped trip up several industrial projects, including Tata Motors

Publication Date: 
06/09/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Use, Land Acquisition, Singur, Tata Motors
Land

Singur highlights rise of civil society movements in India

Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 04, 2008, 1:33 IST

Tata Motors decision to suspend work indefinitely in Singur underlines the rise of civil society movements in the last decade in the context of land acquisition by industry aided by government, and more recently in the context of the SEZ Act.

Publication Date: 
04/09/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Use, Land Acquisition, Singur, Auto Industry, Tata Motors, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal
Habitat And Urbanisation

Changes in Land Reforms Act to approve land purchased by trusts

It will help give approval with retrospective effect: Karunanidhi

CHENNAI: The decision of the Cabinet to make changes in the Land Reforms Act has been taken to enable the government to give approval, with retrospective effect and ex-post facto permission, to charitable trusts for purchase of land to establish educational institutions and hospitals, according to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Resources, Land Use, Urban Land, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

Hybrid strategies for problems of shifting cultivation

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through its multi-disciplinary research programmes had identified several viable alternative land use models and land management practices that can be introduced in areas under shifting cultivation.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Suraj Bhan
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
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Tags:
Land Use, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Agroforestry, Tribals, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Energy

Bioenergy and land tenure: the implications of biofuels for land tenure and land policy

Recent years have witnessed a rapid and accelerating expansion of bioethanol and biodiesel production. This expansion is driven by government targets for biofuel substitution in energy budgets for transport, driven in turn by concerns about high oil prices, prospects for rural development, export opportunities and means to mitigate climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Lorenzo Cotula, Nat Dyer, Sonja Vermeulen
FAO
Tags:
Land Tenure, Land Use, Biofuel, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), India, Global, Food Security

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