State of finance for nature 2022
The second edition of the State of Finance for Nature report reveals that nature-based solutions are still significantly under-financed. If the world wants to halt biodiversity loss, limit climate change
Land Degradation
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Cold hearths
Energy problems have reached alarming proportions in the Tawang and Bomdilla areas. Since the last five years, Choizm, of Khamba hamlet of Lohu basti in Tawang, has been hiring help
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Arid politics
Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast spreading problem, all they can do is wrangle about funds
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Who owns the land?
Arunachal Pradesh's tribals believe they have an absolute right over the state's land and forests. The state takes a different view of the matter. The entire area lying
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The community factor
NGOs stressed the empowerment of local communities as an important factor in halting desertification
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Issue at hand
Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities
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Blame it on tapioca
Thai farmers switched to tapioca in the 1960s to meet the demand in the European market. But today, European environmentalists are demanding the imports be stopped because tapioca has ruined the soil in Thailand
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Farakka barrage flayed
THE BANGLADESH government has said the ecosystem in the southwestern part of the country is threatened by the excessive diversion of water from the Ganga at the Farakka barrage, 19.2 km from its
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Hanging in the international balance
Fluctuations in the international cotton market has resulted in massive degradation of land in West Africa
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In a quarry
Goa pays a price for unchecked mining, says a study
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Private affairs
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