Environment

Environment and agriculture

Agriculture plays a significant role in the Indian economy. Food production in India has increased from 51 MT in 1950-51 to 204.6 MT in 2004. While Green Revolution has been one of the greatest success stories of India with its dramatic impact on food security, environmental concerns have been growing rapidly all over the world.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2006
M. S. Swaminathan, K. L. Chadha
Malhotra Publishing House
Tags:
Environment, Waterlogging, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Agricultural Inputs, Integrated Pest management (IPM), Dams, Irrigation, Watershed Development, Climate Change, Biomass, Groundwater Quality, Biodiversity, India, Land Degradation
Water Resources

Degradation of the riparian wetlands in the Lake Victoria basin - Yala swamp case study

Land degradation is as a result of broad range of scales and factors, which include biophysical, climatic, demographic and socio-economic. The aim of this paper was to provide an analysis of wetland utilisation, ecosystem degradation and their effect on the Lake Victoria (Kenya) ecosystem. This involved analysis of socioeconomic and remote sensed data. The main sources of wetland degradation in the Lake Victoria basin were identified as (1) farming activities, (2) grazing and macrophyte harvesting and (3) coupled with catchment degradation-deforestation.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2006
Thuita Thenya, Reiner Wassmann, Louis Verchot & et al
Proceedings of the 11th World Lakes Conference - Volume 2
483-494
Tags:
Wetlands, Lakes, Kenya, Land Degradation, Ecosystem Services, Land Use, Agriculture, Deforestation, Land Reclamation
Forests

Root to canopy: regenerating forests through community-state partnerships

Root to Canopy: regenerating forests though community-state partnerships provides comprehensive coverage of the changes made in the Indian forestry sector during the last decade with respect to Joint Forest Management. The book covers the evolution of JFM in India, the experience of each state, and emerging issues.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2003
V. K. Bahuguna, Kinsuk Mitra, Doris Capistrano
Winrock International India
Tags:
Land Degradation, Fodder, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Firewood, Medicinal Plants, India
Climate Change

 Fund source

Identified to curb land blight

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Climate Change, Conference Of Parties, Biodiversity
Environment

 Seeing land for trees

wood markets could be created to the advantage of both industry and rural communities

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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20020415
22
Tags:
Environment Politics, Land Degradation, Canada, Forest Policy, Afforestation, Forest Products, Government Of India (GOI), India, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Wood
India

 Salvaged sands

One man commission's rebuff forces Goa government to jettison proposal to privatise beach

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Frederick Noronha
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Pollution Control, Ecosystems, Land Degradation, Fisherfolk, Private Sector, NGO, India, Goa
Air Pollution

 Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Mountains, Land Degradation, Mining, Deforestation, Drought, Migration, Tourism, War, Madagascar, Australia
India

 Pine pressure

Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Bhaskar Sinha
Down to Earth
10
20020215
0
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Land Degradation, Himalaya, Forest Resources, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Deodar, Oak, Pine, Sal, Trade, India
India

 Digha in troubled waters

the picturesque Digha coast near Kolkata has been dogged by rapid

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Bay Of Bengal, Governance, India, West Bengal
India

 ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia is waging a novel war against famine. Relief workers are teaching people about the soil. They are trying to counter the land degradation, caused by too many farmers crowded on small tracts,

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Famine, Ethiopia

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