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land degradation news

‘Enormous risk to food security’: Land degradation can’t be the price India pays

Land degradation and climate change pose an enormous risk to food security.
opinion
Published on Jun 17, 2026 06:36 am IST

Green credit plantations get big push by Centre, to cover thousands of ha

India targeted to restore 26 million hectares of degraded lands by 2030, of which restoration of more than 22.5 million hectares (mha) has been achieved. (HT PHOTO)
india news
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 06:54 am IST

Our land is speaking, are we listening?

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Climate crisis (Shutterstock)
climate change
Published on Dec 02, 2024 03:34 pm IST

Target under ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign achieved: Govt

“Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” was launched on the World Environment Day in June. (Getty)
india news
Published on Sept 25, 2024 04:44 pm IST

How one of the oldest professions in India is facing effects of climate change

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A nomadic pastoralist of the Changpa community with a goat walks along the barren Tsaga La Pass in India's union territory of Ladakh on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
environment
Published on May 26, 2024 10:30 am IST

Urgent need to halt deforestation, check further land degradation by 2030: UN forum on forests

The declaration is a global framework to halt deforestation and forest degradation and contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (Getty Images)
india news
Updated on May 13, 2024 07:56 am IST

Persistence, balance helped India achieve climate consensus at G20: Bhupender Yadav

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav.
india news
Published on Sept 11, 2023 07:43 am IST

No trace yet of 51 forest check posts to be set up in Aravalli zone of Gurugram and Sohna in 2016

The 51 check posts were originally set up in 2016, but discontinued in 2017. (Manoj Kumar/ HT Photo)
gurugram news
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 10:02 am IST

Why restoring degraded land is critical for India

India spends a huge amount of money on developing infrastructure, which then people use to exploit to gain new social and economic opportunities. But these enablers --- such as roads and bridges --- are often destroyed by rampaging floodwaters and excessive rainfall ---- both linked to climate change. So if India wants to protect its crucial investments, it needs to tackle climate, and reversing land degradation of a sure-shot way of doing it.
editorials
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 05:12 pm IST

India to restore 26 million ha of degraded land by 2030: PM Modi at climate meet

Degraded land spanning 26 million hestares (ha) in India will be restored by 2030, Narenda Modi announced at the 14th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
india news
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 02:14 pm IST

‘Time to say goodbye’: PM Modi goes global with campaign against single-use plastic

PM Narendra Modi also announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030.
india news
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 02:21 pm IST

Highlights| ‘Time to say goodbye to single use plastic’: PM Modi at COP 14 UN Convention in Greater Noida

PM Narendra Modi at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Greater Noida.
india news
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 12:23 pm IST

In just 12 days of August, 1,000 extreme rain events

The increase in extreme rainfall events links up with land degradation because one of its major causes is soil erosion. Soil aridity is also increasing in India with rise in land temperature, experts said. (Photo by Ragul Krishnan/ HT PHOTO)
india news
Updated on Sept 06, 2019 06:57 am IST

If it is not tackled in time, land degradation can trigger conflict

Nearly 30% of India’s land area has been degraded through deforestation, over-cultivation, soil erosion and depletion of wetlands, says a 2016 study by Space Applications Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
editorials
Published on Sept 02, 2019 06:56 pm IST

UN convention with focus on land degradation begins today

India has promised to convert nearly 50 lakh hectare degraded land into “fertile land” in the next 10 years.
india news
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 05:24 am IST

Land degradation target can be met by utilising 100-day work scheme | Analysis

MGNREGA’s natural resource management (NRM) works which include raising plantations, restoring and making farm ponds, groundwater recharge structures, watershed management among others do just that.
india news
Published on Aug 29, 2019 11:50 am IST

India must step up efforts to tackle climate change

Ending the degradation of land can play an important role in securing a liveable planet by cutting emissions, providing sustainable food and reducing poverty. The threat of land degradation is real for India
editorials
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 07:15 pm IST

Land degradation to increase hunger, food prices: IPCC report

Asia is among areas worst affected by land degradataion, the report has said.
india news
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 02:53 pm IST

Human need wiping out animals at alarming rate

The report, released on Tuesday, says the two main drivers for such unprecedented ecological loss is over-exploitation of resources and agriculture.
environment
Updated on Feb 22, 2021 04:14 pm IST

Govt plans ₹65,000-crore project to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture

Farming contributes to and is adversely impacted by climate change, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
india news
Updated on Sept 24, 2018 07:29 am IST

20 mn tonnes of potential food production hit by land degradation

Degradation, desertification and drought erode the quality of land and adversely impact productivity, biodiversity and water availability.
india news
Updated on Apr 24, 2018 11:51 pm IST
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