The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025
<p>The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill
Land Use
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Unplanned urban sprawl threatens food security
Uganda’s unplanned urban sprawl is a threat to food security, the ministry of lands, housing and urban development has said. Samuel Mabala, the director for housing in the ministry, said the unplanned
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding diversion of areas marked as Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ) by the National Capital Region Planning Board, 07/08/2018
<p>Order of the Natinal Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid Committee, NGT Bar Association Vs. MoEF & Others dated 07/08/2018. This application seeks directions to check diversion of the area
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Does the environment matter for poverty reduction? the role of soil fertility and vegetation vigor in poverty reduction
The debate on the environment-poverty nexus is inconclusive, with past research unable to identify the causal dynamics. This paper uses a unique global panel data set that links (survey and census derived)
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Water for productive and multifunctional landscapes
The SIWI/SWH Cluster Group on Water in the Landscape has examined how hydrology affects the productivity of landscapes, and what hydrological aspects need to be considered when restoring landscapes for
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District-level assessment of the ecohydrological resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances and its controlling factors in India
<p>The carbon and water cycles play an important role in ecosystem functioning and are linked to each other through different physical and biological processes. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/hydroclimatic_disturbances.pdf
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Ancient farmers transformed Amazon and left an enduring legacy on the rainforest
Ancient communities transformed the Amazon thousands of years ago, farming in a way which has had a lasting impact on the rainforest, a major new study shows. Farmers had a more profound effect on the
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Online mapping tool tracks land-use changes down to the farm
The online mapping platform MapHubs stores maps and spatial data and makes them available to user groups for viewing, analyzing, and sharing with stakeholders. Users purchase a portal on the platform
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Land use and land acquisition laws in India
The enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has made sweeping changes in the land acquisition laws of India (LARR
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Pocket book of agricultural statistics 2017
The Pocket Book of Agricultural Statistics begun in 2013 as a quick reference guide for all the essential data relating to agricultural sector. This year's pocket book takes forward the continuous endeavor
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Midcourse manoeuvres: community strategies and remedies for natural resource conflicts in India
This study is an attempt to understand the lived experience of people affected by land use change and related conflicts. Equally, if not more importantly, this research seeks to analyse what affected people