Land as a

resource

E.Bhavan Rahul
1501005
What is it:
• It is non renewable resource
• It puts up the survival cycle for all the
beings
• But it is being depleted day by day
• If this land is used utilized carefully it
can be considered as a RENEWABLE
RESOURCE
 Uses of land by the mankind:
• Cultivating food , maintaining pastures for domestic
animals
• Developing industries to provide goods supporting
industries by creating towns and cities

 Protection of the land by mankind:

• The rational use of land needs careful planning.
• Protection areas like NATIONAL PARKS ,WILDLIFE
SANCTURIES etc but these are to be provided in natural
ecosystems which are undisturbed .
• Land degradation:
• Land degradation refers to a decline in the overall quality
of the soil ,water or vegetation condition commonly
caused by all the HUMAN ACTIVITIES .
• Depletion of this land results in soil erosion ,
desertification, landslides etc.
• Major causes:
• Wind erosion
• Deforestation
• Water erosion
• Poor farming practices
• Livestocks including overgrazing
• Industrial waste causing pollution
• Soil erosion
 Effects of land degradation:
• Decline in vegetation
• Loosing the quality of the soil
• Salinity of the land increases
• Drought conditions arise
• Soil erosion
• Shortage of the building materials
• Brackishness of the land
• Water erosion
 Soil erosion
 What is it:
• The detachment of the soil and the rock fragments from the
original site are transported and deposited at the new locality
.

 Types of soil erosion :

• Normal and geological soil erosion(natural erosion)
• Accelerated soil erosion (loss of soil by mans activity)
 Sheet
Agents of soil erosion

erosion : Rill
Water erosion
erosion
Saltation Gully
erosion
landslid
suspensi es
Wind on
overgra
erosion others
zing
Surface
deforestat
creep ion
 Desertification
 What is It :
• Transformation of aerable land to desert,as by
change in climate or destructive usage of land
• It’s a globally concerned issue
• This leads to the abandoned desert like
landscapes
 Causes:
• Overgrazing
• Deforestation
• Over cultivation
• Drought
• Climate change
• Improper irrigation
 Leads to:
• Reduced biological productivity and water
availability
• Loss of biodiversity and food security
• Increased soil erosion .
 Wasteland reclamation:
• Unless and until we safeguard our GOOD lands ,we may
eventually face a serious shortage of food grains ,
vegetables, fruits ,fodder and fuel wood .
• Conservation of soil , protecting the existing cultivable
lands and reclaiming the already depleted wastelands .
 Need for wasteland development :
• It provides a source of income for the rural poor
• It ensures constant supply of fuel ,fodder and
timber for local use
• This program helps to maintain proper ecological
balance
 WASTELANDS CLASSIFICATION AND
USES :
• These reclaimable lands can be used for
Easily AGRICULTURE
reclaimable

• Those which can be reclaimed with some

With some difficulty can be used for AGRO-FORESTRY
difficulty

• Lands reclaimed with extreme difficulty can

be used for FORESTRY or to create natural
Extreme
difficulty ECOSYSTEMS