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Twenty per cent of Mizoram is degraded land [1]

Aizawl, Aug 12: A total of 20.64 per cent of Mizoram has been identified as degraded land due to jhumming or slash and burn method of shifting cultivation, which was alarming, according to official findings.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Mizoram [3], Land Degradation [4], Remote Sensing [5], Shifting Cultivation [6], Land [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mizoram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land