World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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Poor are the first to feel the adverse effects of climate change: Vandana Shiva
With a growth rate of over eight per cent, if we add up the costs of environmental damage and accounted for the displacement of people due to our policies then the country would have negative economy, said Vandana Shiva, founder, Navdhanya. She was delivering the keynote address at "Climate Change India 2008', a two-day national conference that was inaugurated in the city on Tuesday. City-based World Institute of Sustainable energy is hosting the conference.
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Job scheme fails to stop migration
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) failed to stop the migration of farm labourers in search of livelihood in East Godavari district. A large number of labourers, especially from Narendrapuram of Rajanagaram mandal, are leaving their village in search of work to Nidadavole, Tadepalligudem and other areas in West Godavari district. More than 100 families, along with their children, are travelling on bullock carts with their belongings like cots, utensils, and clothes to other places to eke out their livelihood.
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BB chief stresses rural economy for balanced dev
BB chief stresses rural economy for balanced dev Staff Correspondent Bangladesh Bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday stressed the need for more investment in rural areas for balanced development of the country and creating jobs to check migration of people to cities.
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Indians might be the first human migrants'
Gene M130 is a marker of the first human migration out of Africa. R M Pitchappan, who teaches immunology at the Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu, tells Narayani Ganesh that he found this in the DNA of members of a community in a village near Madurai: Are Indians the first ever migrants out of Africa?
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Bird migration and climate change
Some of the most striking examples of rapid changes in lifehistory traits due to climate change are found in migratory birds, especially in the timing of migration and breeding.
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Climate change, population drift and violent conflict over land resources in Northeastern Nigeria
In the recent times, due to the increasing rate of global warming, the northeast region of Nigeria has been experiencing continuous climatic change characterized by drastic reduction in rainfall, increase in the rate of dryness and heat, which makes it a fast growing arid environment, with depletion in the amount of water, flora and fauna resources on the land.
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The impact of environmental degradation on migration flows across countries
This paper highlights the impact of environmental degradation on migration. Through a gravity regression model, it assesses the impact of thirteen global environmental factors on migration flows across 172 countries of the world.
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Gateway of India will be under water by 2100'
The Gateway of India will be wiped off the Mumbai skyline. Bhelpuri at Chowpatty will become the stuff of grandmother's tales. No flights will take off from Chhatrapati Shivaji airport.
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Wild animals, birds need wider corridors
a popular solution offered to make wildlife migration easy is to develop strips that connects two forest fragments. These are called corridors. While their importance is beyond dispute, their size
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No return of the native
Wizened old Jidemadamma has to depend on her neighbours for meals. Her son and daughter-in-law have gone to Kodagu to collect pepper from trees and will not be back before two weeks. “They took the children along because I cannot move around much. Earlier, all of us stayed together here.