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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Extending the timescale and range of ecosystem services through paleoenvironmental analyses, exemplified in the lower Yangtze basin
In China, and elsewhere, long-term economic development and poverty alleviation need to be balanced against the likelihood of ecological failure. Here, we show how paleoenvironmental records can provide
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Transformations in EU biofuels markets under the renewable energy directive and the implications for land use, trade and forests
This report reviews and analyses the transformation in EU biofuels markets within this broader international context by focusing especially on three aspects and the linkages between them: land use change,
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Land cover and rainfall interact to shape waterbird community composition
Human land cover can degrade estuaries directly through habitat loss and fragmentation or indirectly through nutrient inputs that reduce water quality. Strong precipitation events are occurring more frequently,
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Impact of land-use and land-cover changes on temperature trends over Western India
We study the regional variation of temperature trends (warming or cooling) over Western India and the contribution of land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes towards this warming or cooling based on temperature
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Geospatial approach to identification of potential hotspots of land-use and land-cover change for biodiversity conservation
Human-driven land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) is one of the most important causes for depletion of biodiversity. Few studies have been undertaken to spatially identify the natural areas prone to
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Bengal may ask Hindustan Motors for compensation
The West Bengal government may move court against Hindustan Motors (HM) to seek compensation of Rs 200 crore on grounds that the sale of land at the company’s Uttarpara plant was a loss to the state exchequer. Following a state vigilance inquiry into the alleged irregularities by the C K Birla Group automobile company in selling 314 acres of excess land at the plant in Hooghly district, the state government has put its demand for Rs 200 crore in compensation from the company.
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Fire-free land use in pre-1492 Amazonian savannas
The nature and scale of pre-Columbian land use and the consequences of the 1492 “Columbian Encounter” (CE) on Amazonia are among the more debated topics in New World archaeology and paleoecology. However,
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Unravelling soil fungal communities from different Mediterranean land-use backgrounds
Fungi strongly influence ecosystem structure and functioning, playing a key role in many ecological services as decomposers, plant mutualists and pathogens. The Mediterranean area is a biodiversity hotspot
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Cabinet gives nod to Land Use Policy
The Cabinet has endorsed ‘Land Use Policy 2012’ that aims to encourage optimal use of land for agriculture amid concerns over food security in Nepal. The policy, introduced for the first time in the
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Changes in the diversity of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi after cultivation for biofuel production in a Guantanamo (Cuba) tropical system
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key, integral component of the stability, sustainability and functioning of ecosystems. In this study, we characterised the AMF biodiversity in a native vegetation