Topic
deforestation
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- Soil, water & climate, India18% of India’s tree species and globally a total of 30% of tree species are threatened with extinction, finds BGCI reportA BGCI assessment found about 18 per cent of India's tree species and almost 30 per cent of tree species worldwide face extinction, with agriculture the leading threat.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalImpact of soil erosion on agricultureExplains how water, wind, deforestation and grazing erode farmland, how erosion cuts productivity, and why permanent ground cover and crop residue help control it.
- Soil, water & climate, KeralaWild animals and Adivasis to lose their homes for the Anakkayam small hydroelectric project in KeralaThe Anakkayam hydro project would clear 20 acres of dense forest in Kerala's Vazhachal division, and critics say it lacks tribal consent, raises landslide risk and is economically unviable.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalThis new amazing technique can replace the slash-and-burn method and transform agriculture for the betterThe Inga Foundation's alley farming, which plants rows of nitrogen-fixing Inga trees around crops, has been trialled in Honduras, Congo and Madagascar as an alternative to slash and burn.