Desertification

Combating desertification

Past experience can help reclaim degraded land

Green wall of Bikaner: Professor plants trees to prevent desertification

In the last 15 years, Professor Jyani has used his own funding to plant over million trees in Western Rajasthan

How a Rajasthan village halted desertification, one common land at a time

Strict rules were laid down and adhered to by common consent--young saplings would not be grazed or cut, so the common grounds would remain closed for certain periods of the year

Averting desertification

New Delhi Declaration will help land restoration

Desertification: Rio's stepchild

Today, there should be no doubt that desertification is a global issue - it requires cooperation among nations

As India hosts desertification meet, 30% of its land is already degraded

Over 600 million people risk the impact of climate change in India and if land degradation is not addressed, the problem could get more acute

Is China's fight against desertification at the cost of water security?

The Chinese government plans to invest $9.5 billion in afforestation on the Loess Plateau by 2050