India, Aug. 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today highlighted India's innovative and diversified financing architecture for land restoration and drought resilience at the Ministerial Dialogue on 'Innovative Financial Mechanisms for Healthy Land and Drought Resilience', during the 17th Conference of Parties (CoP17) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), at Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
Emphasising the need for sustained investment in land restoration, Shri Yadav said, "Land restoration is not a cost, but an investment in food, water, biodiversity, livelihoods and long-term resilience". He stressed that addressing desertification,...