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Human greed leads to chronic land degradation across world, says stark UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 28 (ANI): Land is being degraded and damaged in an unsustainable manner due to human activities, according to a new UN report.
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COP26: Over 100 leaders commit to working together to halt, reverse forest
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], October 2 (ANI): Leaders of over 100 countries expressed their commitment to working together to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
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India adds 3 million hectares of forest area to achieve land degradation n
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): India in order to restore the global ecosystem embarked upon land conservation measures, adding 3 million hectares of forest area in the past decade to achieve its national commitment of land degradation neutrality.
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India working to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030: PM
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed that land degradation poses a special challenge to the developing world and it was the world's sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for future generations.
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PM Modi to address virtual high-level UN meet on desertification, land deg
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a virtual high-level United Nations' dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought on Monday.
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India will work with G-20 nations to make world a better place: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): India is committed to working with the G-20 nations for making the world a better place and applauds the launch of the Global Initiative to reduce land degradation and coral reef programme, said Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday.
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To achieve land degradation neutrality, PM Modi bats for global water acti
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on the international community to set up a global water action agenda as the central theme to achieve land degradation neutrality.
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It is important to mobilize private investors for land restoration, says U
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 10 (ANI): Resources available to address the problem of land degradation are insufficient and it is important to mobilize private investors for the purpose of land restoration, said Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Deser
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Modi announces setting up of Centre of Excellence at ICFRE to address land
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced setting up of Centre of Excellence at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) to promote South-South cooperation for addressing land degradation issues.
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Forest certification can help reduce degradation, experts panel observes
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Certification of forest and trees is extremely important for natural resources which will help in reducing land degradation and combat desertification, an experts panel observed on Saturday.
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Animals the worst-sufferers of land degradation: Director, ZSI
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Animals are the worst victims of land degradation, desertification, and soil erosion, said Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), here on Saturday.
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Absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to increase
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed in a study that any absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to an increase in migration and conflict at the grass-root level, as predicted by the scientists.
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