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
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Mission without vision
Shibu B S and Navamy Sudhish KOCHI: The draft master plan for the city has been prepared by the Department of Town and Country Planning, Government of Kerala. The development plan for Kochi city region 2031 mainly consists of development concepts, strategies, proposals and control regulations.
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Most farmers ready to part land for industries
More than 80 per cent of farmers in the State have given up their land voluntarily for setting up industries, while only 20 per cent are raising objections, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said here on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating Environmental Health and Safety Research & Development Centre, he said even those who have raised objections were not opposed to land acqui
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National assessment of shoreline change: Puducherry coast
<p>This report on the Puducherry Coast represents long-term shoreline change for a period of 38 years from 1972 - 2010. It summarizes historical changes in shoreline, both accretion and erosion, but emphasizes the erosion hazard because of its impacts on natural resources and the economy.</p>
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Land use transformation along the BRT corridor Ahmedabad
Land use transformation along the BRT corridor
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Detecting and understanding drivers of natural and eco-environmental vulnerability due to hydro geophysical parameters, ecosystem and land use change through multispectral satellite data sets in Apodi estuarine, Northeast Brazil
<p>The Apodi estuarine located in the north coast of Rio Grande do Norte State; it is a typical and key valley region with apparent upland ecosystem vulnerability and sensitivity.
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Shifting cultivation in the sacred himalayan landscape
<p>Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan landscape. KCA is a community managed area occupying 2,035 sq. km in Taplejung district in eastern Nepal. It is one of the
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Bioenergy, land use change and climate change mitigation
<p>International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Bioenergy Task has published a report for policy makers titled “Bioenergy, Land Use Change and Climate Change Mitigation,” which addresses how the climate change mitigation from the use of bioenergy can be influenced by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions arising from land-use change.
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Present status of certain plant diversity rich regions of India and the significance of the long term ecological research in forestry
<p>During the last two decades much has been written about the biodiversity richness of country. Avoiding all the numerical details about the documented species an attempt has been made to provide information about the relative forest systems of India. For classifying the vegetation the altitude has been adopted as vital factor in detailing the vegetation.</p>
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Vulnerability of the Sundarbans ecosystem
Ecological diversity in Sunderban is at the threshold of decline. The fragile land here is being swallowed every day by gradual sea level rise, coastal erosion and tropical cyclones. Besides the global