Kenya on Tuesday launched the national land use policy to help address food security and environmental protection. Deputy President William Ruto said the document will also address other related concerns
Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up more than half of all land globally, but they legally own just 10 percent. The right of indigenous people to land and
<p>Report of the Joint Committee constituted in the Original Application No. 368 of 2022 in the matter of Abhilash Vs State of Telangana.</p> <p>The applicant Abhilash Chowdary of Garlavoddu village,
Development finance institutions have a crucial role to help bring about the needed shift in global food systems and the land sector more specifically. They can support the implementation of more sustainable
South African parliament's Ad Hoc Committee, tasked with amending the Constitution to pave the way for land expropriation without compensation, decided on Wednesday to refer its work to the next parliament.
Japan expressed concern over the slow pace of land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, but could not tell if this would delay the scheduled completion of the project by 2022.
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Interim committee report on the restoration plan of Aravali forest land in Dadam hills (Bhiwani) damaged by mining. Five people
This report examines the risk of climate-related impact on nature-based value chains in four arid and semi-arid counties in Kenya, where the intersection of climate-related hazard and vulnerability of
This report assesses the current literature on how risks and impacts from climate change will affect physical infrastructure important for global trade. The authors focus on three areas – marine transport,
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and FAO's Global Soil Partnership collaborated with experts from across Asia and other regions to produce the first-ever Soil Atlas of Asia. The aim of the
<p>Order of the Punjab-Haryana High Court in the matter of Baljit Singh Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 02/02/2021.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Shamlat-land-Drari-HC-order-2_February_2021.pdf"
Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of carbon
The world's prosperity and wellbeing are seriously being threatened by the degradation of land and nature. Although there are opportunities to turn things around, fears of further deterioration in the
PATNA: The state government will start a special land survey in the state from the 2019-20 fiscal for which 31,290 persons will be deployed on honorarium basis of payment under contractual terms, revenue
Pune: Land acquisition for highways is likely to gather steam with the state cabinet amending section 19 of the Maharashtra State Highways Land Acquisition Act 1894 earlier this week. According to PWD
<p>All efforts are made to ensure that the flood plain zone of the river Solani, Roorkee is notified by December 2024 in accordance with the Uttarakhand Flood Plain Zoning Act 2012. This was mentioned
<p>Memo filed by Permandlla Kiran Kumar in Original Application No. 17/2022/EZ. The matter dealt with the alleged illegal and unauthorized use of forest land in Gajularamram village, Quthbullapur mandal,
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kashyap Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024.</p> <p>In the Original Application, the complaint was in respect of laying underground
The report draws together an evidence base that demonstrates beyond question the need for enhanced governance coordination between terrestrial activities and marine resources. Coastal resources - including
Over the last decade, the agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and fisheries (AFOLU) sectors were responsible for 13-21% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IPCC, 2022, IPCC AR6 WGIII, Chapter
