Land

Degraded land costs Rs 28,500 crore to India

Ankita Rai

New Delhi: The country is losing Rs 28,500 crore, at current price, on account of degraded lands. This comes to about 12% loss as per the total value productivity of these lands. According to a study conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and department of space, degraded and wasteland in India cover 120.4 million hectare (Mha) .

Publication Date: 
21/06/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land, Land Degradation, Wastelands, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India, Financial Express (New Delhi)
Land

Farmer converts wasteland to greenland

Farmer Ramanaika of Aladahalli in Birur hobli and his family have converted their four acre wasteland into greenland.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Wastelands, Wasteland Development, Farmers, Karnataka, Shimoga (D), Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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
Land

Villages with no fallow land

ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran declared five grama panchayats in the state as

Publication Date: 
05/04/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Land, Land Use, Wastelands, Kerala, Alappuzha (D), Malappuram (D)
Energy

Losing the plot: the threats to community land and the rural poor through the spread of the biofuel jatropha in India

This report looks at the impact of India

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Friends of the Earth Europe
Tags:
Environment, Agriculture, Bio Fuel Crops, Biofuel, Displacement, Farmers, Tribals, India, Chhattisgarh, Wastelands
Forests

Kusmi lac cultivation on Prosopis Juliflora (Ganda Bawel) in Gujarat

Prosopis juliflora, a native of South to Central America, was introduced in India (Rajasthan) to combat desertification of Thar during early 20th century. Presently, this species is a most vigorously spreading plant species in the arid zone covering neutral alkaline and saline soil and has invaded most part of the state.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Y. D. Mishra, Bangali Baboo, H.S. Singh & et al
Indian Forester
136
3
393
Tags:
Forests, Wastelands, Wasteland Development, Forest Research, Minor Forest Produce, Gujarat, Indian Forester, Y. D. Mishra, Bangali Baboo, H.S. Singh & et al
Forests

Incentive mechanism for preventing deforestation and promoting conservation of forest ecosystem

Normal Central Assistance and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) are devolved by the Planning Commission to assist the State Governments in specific areas. The present paper details an incentive mechanism for preventing deforestation and promoting conservation of forest ecosystems.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2010
Indrani Chandrasekharan, R. Sendhil Kumar, M. Ravindranath & et al
Current Science
98
4
489
Tags:
Forests, Ecosystem Services, Wastelands, Mangroves, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Net Present Value (NPV), India, Statistics, Planning Commission
Energy

Govt identifying wasteland to cultivate diesel-rich plants

In line with the National Biofuel Policy approved by the Centre last December, the Delhi government is identifying wastelands and forestland at present on the city

Publication Date: 
17/02/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land, Wastelands, Jetropha, Biodiesel, Diesel, Energy Policy, Biofuel
Forests

Community drive turns barren land into forests

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has targeted afforestation in six million hectares of degraded forest land by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan. In this context, the Government

Publication Date: 
15/01/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Land Degradation, Wastelands, Forest Management, Afforestation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha)
Land

CPI ask CM to shift power project to forest departments barren land

CPI state secretariat demanding to stop acquisition process of fertile agricultural lands for upcoming power project in Lalitpur district on Thursday suggested that this project could be set up on forest department

Publication Date: 
08/01/2010
Pioneer (Lucknow)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Wastelands, Land Acquisition, Dams/ Irrigation, Power Industry, Uttar Pradesh, Lalitpur (D), Bundelkhand

Pages