Steps need to be taken urgently to implement insights on land degradation, drought management, and sustainable agriculture at COP14, or they will remain unimplemented

Lives of more than 1.4 billion people living in mountains, coasts and islands are in jeopardy due to an accelerated rise in sea levels and faster melting of the planet’s ice cover, says the latest IPCC report

At his speech at the UNCCD summit in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised South-South cooperation and technology solutions, but issues of land ownership dog the ongoing negotiations

China has conducted one of the most aggressive afforestation programmes in the world, the world can learn both from its successes and mistakes, argues Feng Hao

As the fires in the Amazon stoke international interest, Jayalaxshmi Mistry argues that this should not lead to targeting of indigenous communities that have traditionally used controlled burns sustainably

Climate change and deforestation destroying food source, warn scientists from around the world

Managing river systems can help Pakistan manage floods, deal with droughts, create engines for a green economy, as well as help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions more effectively and more cheaply than big dams, argue Hassan Abbas and Asghar Hussain

Degraded soils cannot support lives

Rail and road projects have divided the Rajaji National Park, one of India’s 50 tiger reserves, into two parts, with a massive impact on the tiger and elephant population

Conservationist Nandini Velho on why Arunachal Pradesh is the most beautiful place in the world and how China and India need to work together to protect its wildlife