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Special seminar on theme "Land Conservation and Sustainability" held under
Updated : 2 months ago IST
As the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference for the Kutch and Saurashtra zones is being organised in Rajkot under Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a special seminar on the theme 'Conference on Land Degradation Neutrality and Sustainability' was organised by the Forest and Environment Depart
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Pakistan's alarming soil decline signals a looming food security crisis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan may not be named in the latest State of Food and Agriculture 2025 report, but the warning signs outlined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) mirror the country's worsening agricultural realities.
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Arab Coordination Group pledges USD 10 billion by 2030 to combat desertifi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Arab Coordination Group (ACG), a coalition of 10 leading development finance institutions, has pledged up to USD 10 billion by 2030 to combat land degradation, desertification, and drought. Announced at COP16 of the UNCCD in Riyadh, this initiative will focus on restoring degraded lands,
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India underlines efforts on land restoration, drought resilience at CoP16
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Monday outlined India's efforts to address land degradation and desertification, aligning with the objectives of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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Arab League celebrates Arab Environment Day, warns of resource depletion
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Arab League has cautioned about the negative impact of persistent natural resource depletion and land degradation on food security and stability in the region. According to the Arab League, 90 per cent of Arab countries' land is classified as dry or extremely dry, making it highly suscep
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Global Environment Facility approves USD 70 million to support FAO project
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 28 countries unlock USD 70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.
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Kazakhstan advances preservation efforts under its Chairmanship of Interna
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Highlighting the challenges and aspirations of improving the situation in the Aral Sea basin, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), Askhat Orazbay said that the ecological crisis in the basin is accompanied by progressive scarcit
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From policy to progress: India's steady march towards Sustainable Developm
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
While all these goals are interconnected, 5 of them are primarily connected to the environment. They are i) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable; ii) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; iii) Take urgent action to combat climate cha
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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav discusses land degradation, combating
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ahamed is in India representing Sri Lanka at the "World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)" in New Delhi India from February 22nd to 24th.
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First Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group meeting conclud
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The first G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting concluded in Bengaluru on Saturday on a positive note with all G20 countries showing interest and commitment to constructively work towards the objective of the three priority areas of Arresting Land Degradati
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Human activities causing continuous land degradation around the world: UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 30 (ANI): Human activities are degrading and damaging land in an unsustainable manner, according to a new UN report.
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By 2050, restoration of land will add area size of India and Pakistan: UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 28 (ANI): The restoration of the land by 2050 will add an additional 4 million square kilometres of natural areas, which is the size of India and Pakistan, the UN said in their report on chronic land degradation.
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