Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.13 Agriculture and environment

4.13.4 Desertification and land degradation in India

Land degradation is the loss of land's biological or economic productivity; when it happens in dry regions it is called desertification, and nearly a third of India's land is affected.

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Key terms

  • desertification
  • land degradation
  • drylands
  • UNCCD
  • 17 June
  • COP14 New Delhi
  • 26 million hectares
  • land degradation neutrality
  • SDG 15.3
  • ISRO SAC atlas
  • water erosion
  • salinity
  • watershed
  • PMKSY-WDC
  • Aravalli Green Wall
  • Great Green Wall
  • Bonn Challenge

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