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Soil Degradation in India: Challenge and Response

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Abstract

Land degradation dominated the global discourse of limiting livelihoods, food security and ecosystem services. However, its effect is more pronounced in problem soils, rain-fed areas, fragile ecosystems, common property resources and dryland areas—and climate change has exacerbated the risk further. Strategies to reverse land degradation and initiatives of land management since the 1980s, have been discussed. We examined several approaches to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030 and highlighted seven emerging issues and challenges. For the benefit of various stakeholders, a comprehensive national policy considering the land degradation scenario as well as various driving forces such as land use alteration and climate change should be developed.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    UNEP (1992).

  2. 2.

    NBSSLUP (2004).

  3. 3.

    Olderman (1988).

  4. 4.

    Mazzucato and Niemeijer (2001); available at: http://www.iied.org/pdf/dry_ip101eng.pdf (accessed on accessed on 30 August 2021).

  5. 5.

    WRI (1998).

  6. 6.

    NRSA (2005).

  7. 7.

    Olderman et al. (1991).

  8. 8.

    Pimentel et al. (1995), pp. 1117–1123.

  9. 9.

    NAAS (2010).

  10. 10.

    Sharda and Ojasvi (2016a), pp. 2007–2023.

  11. 11.

    Sharda and Dogra (2013), pp. 382-392.

  12. 12.

    DES (2007).

  13. 13.

    Maji (2007), pp. 427–435.

  14. 14.

    Mandal et al. (2020), pp. 151–168; available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12886 (accessed on 30 August 2021).

  15. 15.

    Sehgal and Abrol (1994), p. 80.

  16. 16.

    Khybri et al. (1982), pp. 164–169.

  17. 17.

    Sur et al. (1998), pp. 2647–2658.

  18. 18.

    Vittal et al. (1990), pp. 429–439.

  19. 19.

    Yadav et al. (1993), pp. 73–100.

  20. 20.

    Sharda et al. (2010a), pp. 79–91.

  21. 21.

    Sharda et al. (2010b), p. 206.

  22. 22.

    Mandal (2014), p. 148.

  23. 23.

    Dhruvanarayana and Rambabu (1983), pp. 419–434.

  24. 24.

    Ibid, at 22.

  25. 25.

    Dey et al. (1999), pp. 168–172.

  26. 26.

    Mongia et al. (1998), pp. 664–668.

  27. 27.

    Mongia et al. (1997), pp. 810–812.

  28. 28.

    Dey (2009), pp. 93–95.

  29. 29.

    Dey and Singh (2008), pp. 224–226.

  30. 30.

    Ibid 24.

  31. 31.

    Dey et al. (2004a), pp. 387388.

  32. 32.

    Ibid, at. 24.

  33. 33.

    Dey et al. (2004b), pp. 49–50.

  34. 34.

    Dey et al. (2004c), pp. 48–49.

  35. 35.

    Murthy et al. (1983), pp. 13–20.

  36. 36.

    Nayak et al. (2004), p. 20.

  37. 37.

    Panda (1998), pp. 39–50.

  38. 38.

    Mandal and Khan (1972), pp. 19–26.

  39. 39.

    Dey et al. (2018), pp. 161–181.

  40. 40.

    Sharda and Ojasvi (2016a), pp. 2007–2023.

  41. 41.

    Ojasvi et al. (2006), pp. 178–182.

  42. 42.

    Sharda et al. (2019), pp. 1–6.

  43. 43.

    Sharda and Mandal (2018), pp. 71–78.

  44. 44.

    Sharda et al. (2019), n. 42.

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Dey, P., Mandal, D. (2023). Soil Degradation in India: Challenge and Response. In: Desai, B.H. (eds) Soil Law and Governance in India. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32360-7_2

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