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  • A map of rainfall-driven soil erosion in India may help in conservation and restoration

    A map of rainfall-driven soil erosion in India may help in conservation and restoration

    Sahana Ghosh
    · Jun 07, 2022 · 09:30 pm
  • As India hosts a global desertification convention, a third of its land is facing severe degradation

    As India hosts a global desertification convention, a third of its land is facing severe degradation

    Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
    · Sep 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • Why land degradation in India has increased – and how to deal with it

    Why land degradation in India has increased – and how to deal with it

    Neha Jain
    · Oct 06, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • India’s water policy will be more inclusive if it incorporates a seascape perspective

    India’s water policy will be more inclusive if it incorporates a seascape perspective

    John Kurien Nandakumar D
    · Oct 05, 2018 · 06:30 pm
  • On fragile ground: Uttarakhand risks agricultural disaster as soil is eroded at an alarming rate

    On fragile ground: Uttarakhand risks agricultural disaster as soil is eroded at an alarming rate

    Sahana Ghosh
    · Sep 17, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • In an agrarian village in West Bengal, river bank erosion has robbed locals of their livelihood

    In an agrarian village in West Bengal, river bank erosion has robbed locals of their livelihood

    Tarun Kanti Bose
    · Jan 05, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • In the flood-ravaged Sunderbans, women often have to face the biggest brunt of the destruction

    In the flood-ravaged Sunderbans, women often have to face the biggest brunt of the destruction

    Sayanti Sengupta Nirmalya Choudhury
    · Oct 24, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • How residents of Assam’s vulnerable sandbar villages saved themselves from this year’s floods

    How residents of Assam’s vulnerable sandbar villages saved themselves from this year’s floods

    Abdul Gani
    · Aug 17, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • Battered by climate change, shrinking Sagar Island in the Sundarbans struggles to stay afloat

    Battered by climate change, shrinking Sagar Island in the Sundarbans struggles to stay afloat

    Soumya Sarkar
    · Mar 11, 2017 · 07:30 pm