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Today, about 30% of the Earth's land is estimated to be already degraded due to unsustainable use. This further leads to the risk of millions of people being displaced by desertification over the coming decades. We focus on policy and technology solutions that prevent land degradation, restore and further enrich the quality of land, thereby improving livelihoods of people.

The Union Budget 2026 for agriculture marks a decisive recalibration of India’s farm policy, signalling a gradual transition from a subsidy-reliant, relief-driven approach to a more technology-enabled, outcome-oriented, and sustainability-focused growth paradigm.
Observed each year on 1 March, World Seagrass Day was officially designated by the United Nations General Assembly in May 2022 to highlight the critical importance of seagrass ecosystems for marine biodiversity and climate stability.
Ahead of World Wetlands Day 2026, the Centre announced two more wetlands to India’s list of Ramsar sites, taking the national count to 98. Recognition matters.
Combining biochar with soil microbial communities can enhance soil health, nutrient cycling, and agricultural productivity. Being a stable carbonaceous material, biochar offers multiple benefits by improving soil’s physical, chemical, and biological properties.
Natural resource conservation isn’t just an environmental concern; it’s a geopolitical one.
Oil spills are a worldwide phenomenon that pose a major threat to ecosystems and their flora and fauna. Despite the greatest efforts of the petroleum industry and consumers, oil spills throughout the country are increasing. Aside from oil spills, oil refineries produce a significant amount of toxic hydrocarbon waste that must be managed in an environmentally responsible manner. Physical (storing oil sludge and drill cutting in secured pits) and chemical techniques of removing these hydrocarbons are both costly and harmful to the environment.
SGP India is organising a Thematic Track at the WSDS 2026 on "Women at the Frontlines of Climate Action, Biodiversity & Land Restoration -Community-Led Pathways to achieve SDGs".
This session brings together policymakers, UN agencies, corporates, knowledge partners, media, and civil society to advance dialogue, learning, and collaboration on women-led, community-based climate action. Specifically, it seeks to:
WSDS 2026 Thematic Track: Action for the Aravallis: Advancing Restoration, Resilience, and Inclusive Growth will be held on 25 February 2026, 2:00–3:30 pm at Jehangir 2, Taj Palace, New Delhi. Curated by TERI and The Nature Conservancy (India) as a WSDS 2026 thematic track. It convenes representatives from MoEFCC, forest and line departments, public institutions, the private sector, and NGOs to accelerate ecological restoration across the Aravalli Range.
The Eastern Himalayan region connecting mountains, forests, rivers and mangroves faces escalating climate risks, biodiversity loss and land degradation. Addressing these challenges now requires more than isolated restoration and protection projects, it calls for Parivartan, a transformational shift in how landscapes are envisioned, governed and invested in.
TERI and IIFM (Indian Institute for Forest management, Bhopal) have entered an MOU, which was signed by Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI and Dr K Ravichandran, Director, IIFM. The event took place on 23 June 2025 at the TERI's office in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Belém has delivered a message that the world cannot ignore. Climate justice begins with those who protect the forests. The next step belongs to governments, including India, to act on that truth, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, TERI.
To achieve real climate equity, carbon markets must reward those who nurture the land and forests, write Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director and Land Resources Division, TERI.
Biodiversity credits are financial instruments designed to channel funding from individuals and companies towards the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity-rich areas write Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI.
In a bid to strengthen research and policy partnerships, M S University's Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Policy Research and International Studies (AIPRIS) has signed a MoU with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The agreement sets a framework for joint work in policy research, advocacy and capacity-building, with a focus on addressing emerging global and regional challenges in sustainable development.
Unlocking India’s REDD+ potential would channel climate finance into one of the most diverse forest estates, benefiting millions of forest-dependent people and meeting climate goals, write Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI.
The Land Resources Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), with support from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, held a three-day training workshop titled "Forest and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges of Adaptation and Mitigation" at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K).
India's forestry NDC target is ambitious and therefore requires a well framed-strategy and a holistic approach to be accomplished. This policy brief presents an analysis of the impending challenges and summarizes the possible recommendations and a road map for meeting the NDC goals by 2030.
India's forestry funds require a considerable increase in their allocation, along with other immediate reform in the forestry sector, to achieve the nation's forestry Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) target. This policy brief underlines the challenges in achieving the ambitious target of forestry NDCs while laying down recommendations and a roadmap focusing on the need for innovative financial mechanisms.
The key role of blue carbon in mitigating climate change through coastal ecosystem habitats remains unrecognized and unutilized. This policy brief aims to assess this carbon sequestration and mitigation potential of coastal ecosystems for India to achieve its forestry NDC target.
Agroforestry systems in India have the potential of achieving two-thirds of the forestry sector's NDC targets. This policy brief aims at analysing the status, potential and needs of agroforestry in India and the benefits of providing MSP to farmers for the timber they produce.
The present study focuses on analysing the gaps and challenges in attaining the desired NDC goal of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree covers through forestry, and summarize the possible recommendations and a road map for achieving the same.
Understanding carbon sequestration potential of land use sectors is crucial for India to achieve its NDC target under forestry by 2030. This policy brief aims to do this by providing a detailed perspective on CO2 emission status of different land use sectors in India.