13-04-23 Daily-Jharkhand-JPSC Current Affairs

Jharkhandis on top of the list of and land erosion in the country, according to theIndian Space and Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas (2015). It said Jharkhand has the highest area – 68.98% – under desertification and land degradation with respect to its total geographical area of 79, 716 km.

To counter the environmental loss, the space research organisation has said degraded forest and parched areas are to be covered withgreeneryalong with the implementation of Soil-moisture preservation measures.

As part of the corrective measures, the Gumla forest division is planning to undertake more plantation and silvicultural activities in the degraded and denuded forest patches apart from other activities.