Bonn, Germany, 21 February 2024 – This year’s Desertification and Drought Day, observed on 17 June, will focus on the future of land stewardship. Every second, an equivalent of four football fields of healthy land becomes degraded – adding up to a total of 100 million hectares every year.
Engaging present and future generations is more important than ever to halt and reverse these alarming trends and meet global commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land by 2030. The theme chosen for this year’s Desertification and Drought Day — “United for Land: Our Legacy . Our Future.” —
Meghri, Armenia – One week after Azerbaijan seized Nagorno-Karabakh, Margo, a 74-year-old retired piano instructor, sat in a cafe and wondered if her hometown of Meghri, in southern Armenia, would soon share Karabakh’s fate.
In Armenian, Meghri means the town of honey, but life is rarely sweet, Margo says, not least now.
She believes that following Baku’s recent victory, Azerbaijan, emboldened, will now seek to seize parts of her native region, a strategic strip of land which separates Azerbaijan from its exclave of Nakhichevan.
“We worry every day. Every hour. “We even know where their troops are located at our
Houthi drone and missile attacks on Red Sea shipping have spurred the development of an alternative “land bridge” to carry cargo by truck from the Persian Gulf across Saudi Arabia and Jordan to Israel and Egypt.
The project, which is already seeing dozens of trucks per day reaching the Israeli port of Haifa, is seen as an early benefit of the 2020 Abraham Accords normalizing ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
It bodes well for future cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The United States is seeking to broker a deal that would see
The Israeli and Palestinian war has had a significant impact on many industries, including Israeli tourism. Tour operators in Indonesia are making losses.
Since the war broke out on October 7, the situation in Israel and Palestine has been dire. The atmosphere in Israel and Palestine is no different from a human slaughterhouse.
A number of airlines then stopped flights. Airspace, including the Great Circle route through Siberia, a popular gateway between continents, was also closed.
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The impact of the war had a direct impact on tour operators in Indonesia. One of
ILLUSTRATION. PT Metropolitan Land Tbk (MTLA) took part in creating housing with a transit oriented development (TOD) concept
Reporter: Sabrina Rhamadanty | Editor: Herlina Kartika Dewi
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. PT Metropolitan Land Tbk (MTLA) took part in creating a residence with a transit oriented development (TOD) concept which is considered to have good prospects for the future.
Metropolitan Land Director Olivia Surodjo said that currently MTLA has several residential projects that traverse the train line. One of them is Metland Cibitung which is connected to the Metland Telaga Murni commuter line Electric Train (KRL) station in the area.
Regarding natural wealth, East Kutai Regency is also complete, ranging from oil and natural gas, coal, gold, to karst areas. This district, which was founded on October 12 1999, also has 500 km² of beaches and only a few beaches have been developed to become tourist attractions.
“I don’t call this Kutim Magic Land anymore wonderfull “But this area is truly a magical area,” said Ardiansyah.
East Kutai Regency also has world-famous natural landscapes and historical heritage, one of which is the Sangkulirang-Mangkabayar Karst Area Landscape. This area has high conservation value from artistic, legal and geographical aspects.
The development of KPN is carried out in stages. Of course, we hope that this area will have a positive economic impact in the future for the local community
Palu (ANTARA) – The Central Sulawesi Provincial Government inspected the location land clearing or land that has been cleared in the Nusantara Food Area (KPN) located in Talaga Village, Donggala Regency.
“The open area according to the work order (SPK) is 85 hectares, the cleared land is maximized by cleaning tree roots,” said Head of the Central Sulawesi Food Crops and Horticulture (TPH) Service Nelson Metubun when contacted in Palu, Tuesday.
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, TOKYO – Two Toyota car assembly plants in Japan were forced to suspend all vehicle production after the Chuo Spring warehouse, which supplies parts for engine springs and valves for Toyota vehicles, was hit by a major fire.
In an official statement, a Toyota spokesperson said the fire started to engulf the Chuo Spring warehouse located in Fujioka at around 12.15 noon local time, Monday (16/10/2023).
“An explosion sparked a fire in a building in Chuo Spring, Fujioka which caused the stock of engine springs and valves used in Toyota vehicles to catch
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