Land

Degraded and wastelands of India: status and spatial distribution

This new ICAR study finds that the degraded and wastelands in the country cover 120.4 M ha. It provides a new dimension for their rehabilitation and implementation of developmental plans can be streamlined using this study.

 

Publication Date: 
31/05/2010
A.K. Maji, G.P.Obi Reddy, Dipak Sarkar
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Tags:
Land, Land Degradation, Wastelands, India, Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Land Use, Agriculture
Environment

Rural accessibility and development: Sustainability concerns in an ecologically fragile mountain belt

The governments of the Himalayan hill-states and the international donor agencies have consistently advocated disbursal of funds for improvement of road connectivity in keeping with the mandates of a

Publication Date: 
22/05/2010
Rinki Sarkar
Economic and Political Weekly
45
21
63
Tags:
Environment, Mountains, Soil Erosion, Mountain Ecosystems, Ecology, Deforestation, Development, Transport, Roads, Highways, Tourism, Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur, Kulu (D), Economic and Political Weekly, Rinki Sarkar, Himalaya
Natural Disasters

Erosion threat: Dibrugarh lawyers move President

DIBRUGARH, May 19

Publication Date: 
20/05/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Brahmaputra, Natural Disasters, Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Natural Disasters

Dibrugarh erosion worries AXX

DIBRUGARH, May 17: The Centre should declare flood and erosion as a national problem, asserted the Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX) today.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Brahmaputra, Natural Disasters, Floods, Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Sentinel (Guwahati)
Natural Disasters

State water resources dept ill-equipped

Ron Duarah

Publication Date: 
14/05/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Water Resources, Brahmaputra, Natural Disasters, Flood Control, Assam, Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Climate Change

Long-term stability of global erosion rates and weathering during late-Cenozoic cooling

Reports that the geological record of erosion indicates a fourfold increase in global sedimentation rates during the past 5 million years merited a global explanation. Explanations offered include an increased rate of mountain formation and global cooling.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2010
Jane K. Willenbring, Friedhelm von Blanckenburg
Nature
465
7295
211
Tags:
Mountains, Soil Erosion, Himalaya, Oceans and Seas, Sedimentation, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, Carbon Sequestration, Nature, Jane K. Willenbring, Friedhelm von Blanckenburg
Climate Change

Mountains without erosion

Increased erosion associated with the rise of the world's great mountain ranges has been held to be the cause of a prolonged episode of past climate cooling. That connection is now brought into doubt.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2010
Yves Goddris
Nature
465
7295
169
Tags:
Mountains, Soil Erosion, Himalaya, Oceans and Seas, Sediment Transport, Climate Change, Climate Science, Carbon Sequestration, Geology, Nature, Yves Goddris
Natural Disasters

Demand for geo-fabric protection

Call it red-tapeism or lukewarm response, the delay in executing the proposed geo-fabric technology to arrest erosion along the banks of the Brahmaputra is allowing the river swallow vast stretches of the land near Rohmoria yet again.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Water Resources, Brahmaputra, Natural Disasters, Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Natural Disasters

Rohmoria erosion worsening: RERSF

DIBRUGARH, May 10: Erosion in certain parts of Rohmoria has worsened at certain areas during the last couple of days, a report of the Rohmoria Erosion Resistance Struggle Forum (RERSF) said. The organization said that they would have no alternative than to launch an agitation if measures to counter the process were not taken during the dry season this year.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Natural Disasters, Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Sentinel (Guwahati)
Natural Disasters

Tackling erosion yet to become a reality

DIBRUGARH, May 9: Monsoon every year brings reminders of the proximity of the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Large chunks of land disappear under water, rousing fears about the fate of the town. Erosion has become a reality for the people of the area since the 1950s.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Brahmaputra, Monsoons, Natural Disasters, Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Sentinel (Guwahati)

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