The Union Environment Ministry has released the latest version of “Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India. It has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. The A as provides a state-wise area of degraded lands for the time frame 2018-19. It also provides the change analysis for the duration of 15 years, from 2003-05 to 2018-19. It would provide important baseline and temporal data and technical inputs. This Atlas presents state-wise desertification and land degradation status maps depicting land use, the process of degradation, and severity level.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/desertification-and-land-degradation-atlas-india-0
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/DLD Atlas 2021.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/space-applications-centre
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/desert-spread
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atlas-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics