Environmental Science
8 years ago

Over 100 million hectares of India facing desertification and land degradation.

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Current Science
Desertification/land degradation status mapping of India.
Ajai, A. S. Arya, P. S. Dhinwa, S. K. Pathan, K. Ganesha Raj

Paper Summary

Desertification is the process of land degradation in dry areas. A study mapped land degradation in India using satellite data. They found that 32.07% of the country's land is degrading, with 81.4 million hectares undergoing desertification. Processes like water erosion and wind erosion are major contributors to this issue.

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