Why the climate action must focus more on combating desertification in India? Substantiate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
Reasons
· India is hosting the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
· Annually, some 12 million hectare (ha) of productive land across the world—for perspective, this is 80 times the size of Delhi—is getting degraded.
· Desertification is one of the most visible manifestations of anthropogenic climate change effects. Desertification is a double whammy—other climate change effects, like prolonged droughts, increasing incidence of downpour, floods and landslides, are making it worse at a time when the demand for all that land provides (food, shelter, fuel, fodder and natural resources) is increasing.
· India mirrors the world’s misery—as per an atlas developed by Isro’s Space Application Centre in 2018, some 96.40 million ha, or about 30% of the country’s total area, is undergoing degradation.
· Of the 228.3 million ha of drylands in the country, 82.64 ha is undergoing desertification—that translates to roughly a quarter of the country’s area.
· A 2018 Teri report estimates that India’s land degradation costs the economy $48.8 billion annually, or nearly 2.5% of the GDP in FY15, and more than 15% of the GVA from agriculture, forestry and fishery.
· The drying up of the Himalayan springs—3 million of India’s 5 million springs originate in these ranges—is also a major contributor to desertification in the Gangetic plains.
· Climate change effects, such as rising mercury/extreme dryness, massive and frequent flooding, extreme weather events, among others—thanks to a range of human activity, from deforestation to mindless resource extraction— are to blame.
· CoP14, spoke of the need for a global water action agenda to check desertification while setting a national goal of controlling degradation/desertification of 26 million hectares by 2030.
· In Rajasthan, the Central Arid Zone Research Institute has implemented measures that involve the plantation of specific brushwood/grass in a specific pattern, and other vegetation to reduce wind erosion, and stepped up water management efforts in the driest districts.
IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
Reasons
· India is hosting the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
· Annually, some 12 million hectare (ha) of productive land across the world—for perspective, this is 80 times the size of Delhi—is getting degraded.
· Desertification is one of the most visible manifestations of anthropogenic climate change effects. Desertification is a double whammy—other climate change effects, like prolonged droughts, increasing incidence of downpour, floods and landslides, are making it worse at a time when the demand for all that land provides (food, shelter, fuel, fodder and natural resources) is increasing.
· India mirrors the world’s misery—as per an atlas developed by Isro’s Space Application Centre in 2018, some 96.40 million ha, or about 30% of the country’s total area, is undergoing degradation.
· Of the 228.3 million ha of drylands in the country, 82.64 ha is undergoing desertification—that translates to roughly a quarter of the country’s area.
· A 2018 Teri report estimates that India’s land degradation costs the economy $48.8 billion annually, or nearly 2.5% of the GDP in FY15, and more than 15% of the GVA from agriculture, forestry and fishery.
· The drying up of the Himalayan springs—3 million of India’s 5 million springs originate in these ranges—is also a major contributor to desertification in the Gangetic plains.
· Climate change effects, such as rising mercury/extreme dryness, massive and frequent flooding, extreme weather events, among others—thanks to a range of human activity, from deforestation to mindless resource extraction— are to blame.
· CoP14, spoke of the need for a global water action agenda to check desertification while setting a national goal of controlling degradation/desertification of 26 million hectares by 2030.
· In Rajasthan, the Central Arid Zone Research Institute has implemented measures that involve the plantation of specific brushwood/grass in a specific pattern, and other vegetation to reduce wind erosion, and stepped up water management efforts in the driest districts.
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