Land Degradation Neutrality: Achieving SDG 15 by Forest Management ISBN: 9789811954788 Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Springer Nature Singapore Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences;
This edited book covers all aspects of forest deforestation and degradation in detail and their link to land degradation. Poor natural resource management is often a contributory factor in the depletion of resources particularly like degradation of land which hinders the goals to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN). Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 15.3 states: "By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought, and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world." To achieve the set goals a comprehensive multidirectional approach is required involving policymakers, field functionaries, researchers, and above all educators. The book compiles the field experiences and wisdom of some of the best researchers and authors working in the field of land degradations for quite a long time. The objective of the book is to disseminate the status of land degradation, the importance of achieving land degradation and share success stories of reclaiming Land degradation, and suggests means and ways of achieving land degradation neutrality. This book act as a repository of knowledge on Land degradation neutrality for students, researchers and practitioners, and policy planners.
Dr. Pankaj Panwar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Center Chandigarh, Sector 27 A, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh - 160 019, India
Dr. Gopal Shukla, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Dr. Jahangeer A. Bhat, Scientist, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Gwalior Road, Jhansi -284003, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Sumit Chakravarty, Professor & Head, Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
