The panel will be chaired by Kanchan Devi, Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), ...

The Supreme Court has formed a High-Powered Committee led by ICFRE DG Kanchan Devi to independently review ambiguities in the ...

The solution to the desertification of the planet may well rest with women – since it is men who do most of the destroying. In a hundred million years or so, when all our cities, buildings and bones ...

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Somehow, it feels like it's getting hotter and drier every day. Soaring temperatures result in an immense and complex process of soil degradation ...

Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam has highlighted Pakistan's urgent need to tackle desertification and land degradation. In a statement issued on the eve of ...

The spike in pollution brings back into focus the destruction of the Aravalli ranges, which for centuries acted as a natural barrier.

The Supreme Court has set up a high-powered expert committee to independently examine the Centre’s report on the definition ...

Introduction Although most forcibly displaced individuals remain within their country of origin, internally displaced persons ...

A new wave of anti-desertification projects has been launched in western China as authorities step up efforts to shield farmland from worsening land degradation. Last month, the Chinese Academy of ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality of ...

Drylands are places of water scarcity, where rainfall may be limited or may only be abundant for a short period. They experience high mean temperatures, leading to high rates of water loss to ...