North-East India (NEI) region, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, covers 17.2 million ha of land under forests, constituting ~25% of India's total forest area. The population-driven abrupt decline of the fallow period's duration has aggravated soil erosion, depletion of nutrients, ...
With the growth of human settlement over the centuries, Punjab has been cleared of most of its forest cover. Over large parts of the Siwalik Range, bush vegetation has succeeded trees as a result of extensive deforestation. There have been attempts at reforestation on the hillsides, and eucalyp...
Sundarbans, vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the Padma (Ganges [Ganga])-Brahmaputra River delta in southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, and southern Bangladesh. The tract extends approximately 160 miles (2
根据第三段中“Thegreening over the last twenty years shows an increase in leaf area onplants and trees which is as large as the area of the entire Amazonrainforest," Chi Chen, a Boston University researcher and leadof the study told NatureSustainability.(“过去20年的绿化表明,植物和树木的...
About one fifth of India's total area is classified as wasteland with estimated biomass productivity of less than 20% of their overall potential. Re-vegetation of wasteland can be one way to reclaim the productivity and restore the carbon storage in the soils This thesis combines five separate...
Bamboo, the fastest growing plant, is estimated to cover 8.96 million ha of the total 63.3 million ha forest area of India. The plant is intricately associated with humans from times immemorial. Though popularly known for industrial usage, a lesser known fact of bamboos is the utilization of ...
For the purpose of this study, we have targeted Uttarakhand state (28°43′ N to 31°28′ N latitude and 77°34′ E to 81°03′ E longitude) in Western Himalayan region that comprises a total geographical area (TGA) of 53,483 km2. The total reported forest area under the state fores...
According to the latest assessment of the Forest Survey of India, the net annual loss of forests is estimated to be 99,850 ha during the period 2007-2009, even though the total area under forests has increased. The REDD+ mechanism aims to provide financial incentives for reducing deforestation...
Only a tiny fraction of India’s surface area is uninhabited. More than half of it iscultivated, with little left fallow in any given year. Most of the area classified as forest—roughly one-fifth of the total—is used for grazing, for gathering firewood and other forest products, for com...
the main body of the Padma reaches its confluence with the Meghna River nearChandpurand then enters the Bay of Bengal through the Meghna estuary and lesser channels flowing through thedelta. The Meghna forms the eastern limit of theSundarbans, a vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp thatconst...