Land is a precious limited natural resource on the earth. Our lives, livelihoods and existence of all the life forms on the earth is based on the holistic approach of the land, if land becomes degraded it will affect our existence and here lies the importance to conserve and restore it from degradation. Land degradation is defined as “the reduction or loss in the biological or economic productivity of the land (UNCCD 1994) ……. by human activities ……. often magnified by the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss”(14). So we have to learn lesson and have to take immediate measure to achieve land degradation neutrality by the means of (a) Prevention/Reduction of land degradation, (b) Rehabilitation of partly degraded land, (c) Reclamation of degraded, desertified land (UNCCD).
Land, land degradation, reclamation, rehabilitation, reduction, land degradation neutrality
