India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Desertification threat looms over Anantapur > Desertification threat looms over Anantapur

Desertification threat looms over Anantapur [1]

July 1: Scarcity of funds has hit the afforestation programmes in Anantapur district. The district has 1,989 sq km of forest land out of a geographical area of 19,134 sq km. Forests are being destroyed here for firewood, erratic rainfall and heavy soil erosion.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Land [3], Desert Spread [4], Afforestation [5], Andhra Pradesh [6], Anantapur (D) [7], Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2], Rainfall [8]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/desertification-threat-looms-over-anantapur

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/desertification-threat-looms-over-anantapur
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/desert-spread
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afforestation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anantapur-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall