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Grains for ecosystem carbon management in North East India [1]

North East India (NEI) has 17.2 M ha under forest cover, which is ~25% of India’s total forest area. Of the total forest cover, 1.5 M ha is currently managed by shifting cultivation in NEI. Shifting cultivation, an integral part of culture and tradition of tribes of NEI, is presently unsustainable because of the populationdriven reduction in the duration of the fallow cycle (3–5 years).

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
25/10/2015
Arun Jyoti Nath [3], Rattan Lal [4], Ashesh Kumar Das [5]
Current Science [6]
109
8
1387-1389
Tags:
Forests [7], North East [8], Ecosystem Services [9], Shifting Cultivation [10], Soil Erosion [11], Deforestation [12], Climate Change [13], Land Degradation [14], Soil Capability [15], Carbon Sequestration [16], Agriculture [17], Food Security [18], Rice [19], Agroecosystem Planning [20], Green House Gases [21]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/grains-ecosystem-carbon-management-north-east-india

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/grains-ecosystem-carbon-management-north-east-india
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/109/08/1387.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/arun-jyoti-nath
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rattan-lal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ashesh-kumar-das
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agroecosystem-planning
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases