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No land will be left, if India does not achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, says experts
• 6 years agoIndia is hosting the COP 14 where they will come up with a 'Delhi Declaration' to combat desertification.
Brick by brick: Kilns add to Jammu and Kashmir’s air and land pollution woes
Mongabay India • 6 years agoPollution & land degradation due to brick kilns causes higher morbidity due to respiratory/other illnesses.
Land clearing, farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases: UN Report
• 6 years agoThe report finds that there's no way to stay within 2℃ warming without a significant drop in land-based emissions
Thirty percent of India's land is degraded says Director of Env Ministry
• 6 years agoAn analysis by TERI suggested that land degradation in India will cause an economic loss of 2.5 percent of GDP.
India, China have made the world a greener place than it was 20 years ago: NASA
• 6 years agoIndia and India together account for one-third of the greening of Earth, says NASA.
India lost 2.5% of GDP in 2014-15 to land degradation; area affected equivalent to Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra put together
Indiaspend • 7 years agoThe annual economic loss due to land degradation and change in land use in India was valued at Rs 3.17 lakh crore in 2014-15 — 2.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014-15.
India will achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, promises environment minister Harsh Vardhan
Ians • 8 years agoEnvironment minister Harsh Vardhan said that the Narendra Modi government "is committed to achieve land degradation neutrality by the year 2030"