{"id":52074,"date":"2019-09-11T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T08:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=52074"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T08:58:20","slug":"answered-restoration-of-degraded-lands-would-also-address-water-scarcity-issue-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-restoration-of-degraded-lands-would-also-address-water-scarcity-issue-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cRestoration of degraded lands, would also address water scarcity issue.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Status of land degradation in India. How land restoration would ensure water availability?
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Land degradation occur due to misuse of the resource (soil and vegetation) beyond the resilience of the ecosystem. The causes of this misuse are overgrazing, wrong cultivation practices, and excessive deforestation for cultivation, and wood fuel. Corrective measures are necessary to restore the ecological balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land Degradation in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The proportion of degraded land for all land is\n19.2% or more than 17.5 million Km2.<\/li>
  2. During 2011-2013, 29.3% of land in India underwent\nland degradation.<\/li>
  3. Compared with 2003-2005, the country experienced\na 0.57% increase in land degradation. <\/li>
  4. The area under desertification (drylands area) was\n82.64 mha in 2011-2013, which rose by 1.16 mha from 2003-2005.<\/li>
  5. The top processes leading to\ndegradation\/desertification in India were water erosion  followed by vegetation degradation and wind\nerosion.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How land restoration would\nensure water availability?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. It help in protection of the soil from wind and\nwater erosion and maintenance of its fertility.<\/li>
    2. Restoration recycle moisture (natural motors)\nfrom soil into their immediate atmosphere by transpiration where it again\nprecipitates as rain.<\/li>
    3. It cause protection of catchment areas and\nperennial and seasonal water courses to assure regulated flow of water both in\nquantity and quality.<\/li>
    4. Deforestation results in an immediate lowering\nof groundwater level (low percolation due to the quick surface runoff on barren\nlands) and in long-term reduction of precipitation. Restoration of degraded\nland reverse this and allow percolation.<\/li>
    5. Restoration lead to enhancement of the\nvegetation to which help in absorbing water into soil.<\/li>
    6. Land restoration help in recharging of ground\nwater through proper seepage and percolation due to air presence in soil.<\/li>
    7. Restoration is a natural solution for water\nsecurity. It has been estimated that over 3200 cities could significantly\nimprove their water security \u2013 by 10% or more – through forest restoration\nmeasures.  <\/li>
    8. Restoring and protecting forested watersheds\naround cities can naturally purify water, making water treatment from utilities\nmore affordable.<\/li>
    9. Forests also buffer cities from the impacts of\nextreme weather. Their soils and root structures absorb water, preventing\nflooding. This stored water also helps increase water flow during times of\ndrought.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Access to clean, potable water is a human right that will be one of the defining needs of the next century, as human populations continue to grow and urbanise amid increasing climate changes. Restored landscapes in key watersheds can improve the quality and quantity of water reaching our cities to help meet the needs of the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Status of land degradation in India. How land restoration would ensure water availability? Conclusion. Way forward. Land degradation occur due to misuse of the resource (soil and vegetation) beyond the resilience of the ecosystem. The causes of this misuse are overgrazing, wrong cultivation practices, and excessive deforestation… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cRestoration of degraded lands, would also address water scarcity issue.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52074","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}