Environment Sustainable Development test - 3

Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.

Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.

Deforestation leads to:

1. Air pollution
2. Land degradation
3. Loss of biodiversity

 The black soil of the Deccan Plateau is particularly suitable for cultivation of cotton, leading to concentration of textile industries in this region.

 India alone accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the world’s total iron-ore reserves.

The Chipko Movement, which aimed at protecting forests in the Himalyas.

Nowdays, People cut trees a lot and use that place for there own purpose. For Example- Agriculture, Business, Building etc.

The per capita forest land in the country is only 0.08 hectare against the requirement of 0.47 hectare to meet basic needs, resulting in an excess felling of about 15 million cubic metre forests over the permissible limit.

Estimates of soil erosion show that soil is being eroded at a rate of 5.3 billion tonnes a year for the entire excess of the recharge capacity.

India supports approximately 17 per cent of the world’s human and 20 per cent of livestock population on a mere 2.5 per cent of the world’s geographical area.

In order to address two major environmental concerns in India, viz., water and air pollution, the government set up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 1974.