Environment and Food Security Concerns

��                                                                                          Theme for 2008 Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture                                                         Credits : UNEP, UNCCD and green hopes. The 2008 World Day to Combat Desertification is celebrated under the theme, “Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture.” The issue is a real challenge in the modern society, both in developed and developing countries, as land degradation cannot [...]

Starting June 5 we pledged to celebrate every day as the World Environment Day to protect our natural resources and combat climate change and global warming 1.Taking the message of UNEP to the masses, green hopes chief volunteer wrote a piece in a leading english daily of kashmir enlisting the “80 ways to celebrate” world [...]

Less than two decades ago this used to be a living and thriving water body. Pride of the city. Cool breeze , crystal clear waters, fish in huge numbers, lotus stem, fishermen ,boats and bathing children. Well, a place teeming with activity. Then the sad story started. Sewage and trash from the fast growing number [...]