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Desertification and land degradation atlas of India

The Union Environment Ministry has released the latest version of “Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India. It has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. The A as provides a state-wise area of degraded lands for the time frame 2018-19. It also provides the change analysis for the duration of 15 years, from 2003-05 to 2018-19. It would provide important baseline and temporal data and technical inputs. This Atlas presents state-wise desertification and land degradation status maps depicting land use, the process of degradation, and severity level.

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