A recent study conducted by Utility Bidder, a UK-based energy and utility cost comparison site, has identified India as the second-highest contributor to global deforestation rates. According to the report, between 2015 and 2020, India destroyed an average of 668,400 hectares of forestry, ranking only behind Brazil in deforestation rates. While India lost 384,000 hectares … Read more
A study published on Friday has found that mountain forests, which are home to 85% of the world’s birds, mammals, and amphibians, are disappearing at an alarming rate due to logging, wildfires, and farming. In 2000, mountain forests covered 1.1 billion hectares of the planet, but at least 78.1 million hectares have been lost between … Read more
On March 16, 2023, the Supreme Court hinted that it might ease the limitations on development activities in Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) around protected areas (PAs) such as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The court, consisting of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol, made this comment while reserving its decision on requests for the … Read more
Forest fires in India have surged by 115% in the first 12 days of March, owing to the lack of rainfall in February and unusually high temperatures. The Forest Survey of India (FSI) detected approximately 42,799 forest fires between March 1 and March 12 through its satellite-based forest fire monitoring system. This number is significantly … Read more
Smoke particles from forest fires can erode the ozone layer, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which shows that the Australian fires widened the ozone hole by 10% in 2020. A forest fire can pump smoke into the stratosphere, where the particles drift for more than a year; The new … Read more
Large-scale deforestation of jungle regions such as the Amazon, the Congo Basin or Southeast Asia reduces tropical rainfall, indicates a study published Thursday by the journal Nature. Rainfall could reduced by 10% before end of century The area at greatest risk is the Congo Basin, threatened by rapid deforestation, where the rainfall regime could be reduced by 10% before … Read more
The world’s ecosystems could become unbalanced. This was warned by the journal Nature after a study led by the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) together with the University of Antwerp (Belgium). Behind this threat would be a phenomenon known as carbon sequestration, which is the difference between the CO2 that ecosystems capture and release into the atmosphere. … Read more
The Chilean government confirmed this Saturday that 22 people have died in the virulent disasters that have already destroyed more than 45,000 hectares in the centre and south of the country. “The preliminary data that we have right now is 15 people who have died,” the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, said early in … Read more
Some 10 million hectares of forests are destroyed each year, an area larger than the size of Portugal and equivalent to that of Iceland, according to the UN, which points to this “alarming” global deforestation, along with agriculture and other changes in land use, as responsible for 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to … Read more
While the land-related conflict in India has long posed a threat, according to a new report, 75.94 per cent of all existing land-related conflicts have been resolved, according to a new report. Land-related conflicts The report titled Land Locked: Investments and Lives in Land Conflicts, published by Land Conflict Watch (LCW), a Delhi-based research agency … Read more
