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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Human activities influencing deforestation on Meru catchment forest reserve, Tanzania
<p>Identifying human activities which influence degradation of catchment forests offers input/solutions for its management to the benefit of communities who depend on resources from the forest. Data were collected in 4 villages using questionnaire, in-depth interviews and focused group discussions. Results revealed that the main human activities disturbing
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The land development boom in Kathmandu valley
<p>Kathmandu Valley has been subject to a rapid process of urbanization. Particularly noteworthy in recent years has been the spiraling price of land, with an associated boom in the real estate sector and land speculation.
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Impacts of climate change on production of cash crops in Annapurna conservation area
<p>Climate change has now become a global issue for the inhabitants of the earth.
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Soil organic carbon pool under different land uses in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand
<p>Soil organic carbon was estimated in four land uses viz. forests, plantations, agroforestry and horticulture in Haridwar district. Over all 425 soil samples were collected from different land uses at various locations.
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Strategies for arresting land degradation in South Asian countries
Land degradation, synonymous to desertification in arid, semi arid and sub-humid region, covers the processes adversely affecting productive capacity of land under different land use systems. Present paper
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The Copenhagen Accord: abatement costs and carbon prices resulting from the submissions
As part of the Copenhagen Accord, individual countries have submitted greenhouse gas reduction proposals for the year 2020. This paper analyses the implications for emission reductions, the carbon price,
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Measuring local climate change response capacity and bridging gaps between local action plans and land use plans
The purpose of this study is to measure local climate change response capacity and identify the existing gaps between local climate change action plans and land use plans.
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Roles and impacts of biomass burning in slash and burn land use in tropical mountains: A case study in Laos
Biomass burning is an essential part of slash-and-burn (S&B) agriculture, which is widely practiced as an important food production system in the tropical mountains of southeast Asia.S&B agriculture used
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The impact of surface fires on peatland in the land preparation area belong to the community
It is well known that at least 20 million of Indonesia's people were directly or indirectly affected by the 1997/1998 Indonesian forest and field fires, where 10-11 million acres of forest and fields burnt.
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Survey of isolated populations of the Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus Hylocrius (Ogilby) in Kerala, India
We conducted a survey in Kerala from December 2009 to March 2010 to document Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby) populations in fourteen sites that ranged from Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in the