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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Data integration model for air quality: a hierarchical approach to the global estimation of exposures to ambient air pollution
<p>Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with 3 million deaths annually being attributed to fine particulate matter ambient pollution (PM2.5). The primary source of information for estimating
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Dominant control of agriculture and irrigation on urban heat island in India
<p>As is true in many regions, India experiences surface Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect that is well understood, but the causes of the more recently discovered Urban Cool Island (UCI) effect remain poorly
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Natural climate solutions
<p>Most nations recently agreed to hold global average temperature rise to well below 2 °C. We examine how much climate mitigation nature can contribute to this goal with a comprehensive analysis of
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How can Indonesia achieve its climate change mitigation goal? an analysis of potential emissions reductions from energy and land-use policies
Indonesia is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). For the past two decades, GHG emissions have increased from almost all sectors, such as land-use (defined as land use, land-use
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Compensatory Afforestation
Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually
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Are the impacts of land use on warming underestimated in climate policy?
<p>While carbon dioxide emissions from energy use must be the primary target of climate change mitigation efforts, land use and land cover change (LULCC) also represent an important source of climate forcing.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding land conversion for industrial purposes, Rajasthan, 18/09/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of M/s Lubok Caron LLP vs. RSPCB & Others dated 18/09/2017 regarding land conversion for industrial areas, Rajasthan.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of 5000 trees without permission, Tehsil Sanganer, District Jaipur, Rajasthan, 11/09/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagdish Prasad & Others vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 11/09/2017 regarding acquiring of agricultural
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Growing season carries stronger contributions to albedo dynamics on the Tibetan plateau
<p>The Tibetan Plateau has experienced higher-than-global-average climate warming in recent decades, resulting in many significant changes in ecosystem structure and function. Among them is albedo, which
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding constructions on Yamuna floodplains, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 29/08/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uma Shankar Patwa & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. (Earlier titled as D.K. Joshi Vs. Union of India & Ors.) dated 29/08/2017 regarding