Good news: Percent of protected land has increased by more than 30 percent over last 18 years .
Bad News: Land degradation is affecting one fifth of the earth’s land area and the lives of 1 billion people. Reduction in biodiversity is at its lowest . Number of species getting extinct each year are increasing.
24 known species declared extinct in 2019.
Praised by the world but lesser by Indians
Majority of the people in the world of literature did not take due note when Rabindranath Tagore wrote Geetanjali. But when that poetry was published in London, the world of literature went on to shower praise on the ‘poetic thought of Tagore’. Then he became the first Indian to get Nobel Prize in the literature. …
‘Furthest behind’ can be taken along with those who are ahead.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development agreed by the UN 193 United Nations Member States pledged to ensure “no one will be left behind” and to “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first.” That resolve made by world leaders in 2015 was ambitious. In practice, this means taking explicit action to end extreme poverty among 7.5 …
National Agroforestry Policy
In 2014 India became the first country to adopt a national agroforestry policy. The Government of India announced this policy in order to resolve the bottlenecks that had emerged at the interface of existing policies for agriculture, forestry, water and environment, recognizing that land use by its very nature must be integrative. This working paper …