Soil degradation in all its nefarious forms has serious repercussions on crop and biomass productivity. Assessment of soil loss tolerance limits (SLTLs) (permissible soil loss) serves as a tool to gauge the potential erosion risk in given area with regard to long term sustainability.

In India plantations of exotic tree species like populous debtoides, Acacia spp., Eucalyptus spp., Laucaena leucocephala and Prosopis juliflora etc were promoted to meet the increasing industrial and fuel demand. The exotic acacia and eucalyptus were introduced in Nilgiris Hills in 1858 where E. globules was planted along with E. Robusta.