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.
chapter 1. Forest Resources of the World: Present Status and Future
Prospectus.
Chapter
2. Effect of Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation on
Ecosystem Services.
Chapter
3. Impact of Deforestation on Faunal Diversity
and Its Management Strategies.
Chapter
4. Drivers of Deforestation, Forest
Degradation and Management Responses in Ghana.
Chapter
5. Forest Degradation
in Nigeria: Case Study of Rugu Forest Reserve, Katsina State.
Chapter
6.Deforestation and Degradation in the Mangrove Ecosystem: Implication on
Environment and Livelihoods.
Chapter
7. Assessing Land Degradation using SDG
15.3.1 Indicators: Case Study from Climatevulnerable Assam State of India.-
Chapter
8. Benefits and Risks Analysis of a Novel Nomadic Practice in
Northeast China.
Chapter 9.Soil Degradation: Causes, Consequences and
Analytical Tools.
Chapter
10. Accountability of Woody Plants for Restoring
Degraded Forest Landscapes and Provision for Ecosystem Services: An
overview.
Chapter
11. Ecological Restoration of Degraded Forests for
Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality.
Chapter
12. Tree Plantation: A Silver
Bullet to Achieve Carbon Neutrality.
Chapter
13. Role of Protected Area in
Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity: An Indian
Perspective.
Chapter
14. Structure, Pattern and Composition of Riparian
Vegetation in North-Western Himalayas, India.
Chapter
15. Land Degradation
Neutrality in Coastal India: Case of Mobius' Strip Linking Pedodiversity and
Biodiversity.
Chapter
16. Role of REDD+ in reducing Land Degradation and
Achieving SDGs.
Chapter 17. Carbon Sequestration Acts as a Moderator for
Soil Restoration of Degraded Coal Mined Lands: An Overview.
Chapter
18.
Nature Conservation Effects on Forest Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity of
Plants and Macro-fungi: A Case Study in Central Lesser Khingan Mountains, NE
China.
Chapter
19. Urban Forest Resources: A Strategy for Achieving Land
Degradation Neutrality.
Chapter
20. Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Management in
Agroforestry Systems for Ecological Sustainability.
Chapter
21. Land
Degradation Neutrality for Achieving Climate Resilience in Agriculture.-
Chapter
22. NTFP and Homegarden vis-à-vis Land Degradation Neutrality:
Sustainable Livelihood and development.
Chapter
23. Indian Forests:
Sustainable Uses and Its Role in Livelihood Security.
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
