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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High-level panel rendered dysfunctional
Shillong: In view of the July 2011 verdict of the Supreme Court vis-à-vis Lafarge cements on the issue of mining in ‘deemed’ forest land, the High-Level Committee constituted by the State as per directives
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Adamant CM refuses to reverse decision on Dabolim land de-notification
PANJIM: The Chief Minister has thrown his entire might behind the man the government bent over to please by denotifing his land marked for airport parking. In a blatant defiance, in the face of serious
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Mizoram farming policy can make a change: Governor
Aizawl: Recently-inducted Governor Vakkom B Purusothaman on Wednesday expressed optimism that the Mizoram government’s flagship programme New Land Use Policy (NLUP) could bring a paradigm shift to the state’s economy. ”This is not a veteran Congressman lauding a Congress government’s policy.
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Last year's greenhouse gas emissions topple worst-case scenario
Global carbon emissions last year exceeded worst-case scenario predictions from just four years before, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). A rise of 6 percent (564 million additional tons)
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Last year's greenhouse gas emissions topple worst-case scenario
Global carbon emissions last year exceeded worst-case scenario predictions from just four years before, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). A rise of 6 percent (564 million additional tons)
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Villagers say no to Kochi, Mangalore gas pipeline
‘Let it be laid on coastal bed instead of cutting across fertile land’ As many as 32 families residing in Kariangala Gram Panchayat limits (in Kariangala and Ammunje Village) unanimously proclaimed non
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Divergent changes in plant community composition under 3-decade grazing exclusion in continental steppe
An understanding of the factors controlling plant community composition will allow improved prediction of the responses of plant communities to natural and anthropogenic environmental change. Using monitoring
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Climate change for policy-makers: an approach for integrating climate change in forest programmes in support of sustainable forest management
The FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility have released a publication titled, "Climate Change for Policy-Makers: An approach for integrating climate change in forest programmes in support of sustainable
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Payment for environmental services: first global inventory of schemes provisioning water for cities
This new report is a global inventory of identified Payment for environmental services (PES) —water for cities? schemes and —pre PES water schemes? around the world.
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Govt halts illegal resorts on Bandipur fringes
In an attempt to put an end to the illegal resorts mushrooming around the fringes of Bandipur tiger reserve (BTR), the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed the State Forest Department