Abstract: Increasing population and economic development are derogating the environment. In the modern era uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization, more and more intensive cultivation and the destruction of natural habitats are the results of unsustainable development. Due to rapid growth in population, environment policy makers are facing the challenges of sustained development without environmental degradation. Land degradation has become a big challenge before environmentalists. It is a concept, which has no single accessible-distinguishable feature, but instead describes how one or more of the land resources (soil, water, vegetation, rocks, air, climate, relief) has changed for the worse. Increasing trend in land degradation may pose serious threats to food production, environment, and health. For sustainable developments, appropriate policies are required to encourage land-improving investments and better land management in developing countries to meet the sustainable food needs of their populations. Rapid population growth and poverty are adversely affecting the environment of all over the world. Increasing population and levels of consumption per capita in the 21st century are the main cause of depletion of natural resources and degrading the environment. The main objective of this paper is to review the conditions and current problem of land degradation in Punjab, an agricultural state of India.
Keywords: Degradation, below ground level, Metric Tonne, Hectares, Glasod.
Title: Land Degradation in the Developing World: A Case Study of Land Degradation in Punjab
Author: Dr. Naresh Kumar Batish
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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