Land Degradation
The green wall
Green strip across Aravalli will have numerous benefits
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Saving the land for better use
In India, the economic loss due to land degradation and changes in land use pattern was estimated in 2014-15 at Rs 3.17 trillion
G20 working group meeting to discuss climate change, land degradation
The meeting will be held in Bengaluru from February 9-11, 2023
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Land degradation to blue economy: Priority areas under India's G20 prezy
Land degradation, biodiversity loss, marine pollution, need for protection of mangroves and coral reefs, resource overconsumption and lack of waste absorption are the key environmental concerns which will be addressed in India's G20 presidency, the Union environment ministry said on Monday. Officials also said the issue of climate finance will be factored in the discussions. The Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group, one of the 13 working groups under the Sherpa track, will meet four times between February and May. The first meeting will be held in Bengaluru (February 9-11), the second in Gandhinagar (March 27-29), the third in Mumbai (May 21-23) and the fourth in Chennai (May 26-27). The ministerial meeting of the group is planned to be held on July 28 in Chennai. "There is an urgent need to arrest land degradation, biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems as 23 per cent of the global land area is no longer productive for agricultural use because of resource extrac
India will work with G-20 nations to make world a better place: Javadekar
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
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COP 14: PM Modi says India to raise target for restoring degraded land
Modi also said India would be happy to propose initiatives for greater South-South cooperation in addressing issues of climate change, biodiversity and land degradation
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2.5% of GDP: India's annual economic loss due to degraded land in 2014-15
The estimated annual cost of land degradation will outstrip the cost of reclamation in 2030
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