Quiet Crisis in the Himalayas: Preliminary DraftAgro-Economic Research Centre for Western Himalayan Region, Himachal Pradesh University, 1980 - Environmental policy - 81 pages |
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... run - off of rain water is less than 100 cu secs per square mile , while in the land where persistent cattle and buffaloe grazing has destroyed the plant cover , the run - off rises to 1500 cusues por square mile " . Because of the ...
... run - off of rain water is less than 100 cu secs per square mile , while in the land where persistent cattle and buffaloe grazing has destroyed the plant cover , the run - off rises to 1500 cusues por square mile " . Because of the ...
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... run - off and soil erosion , top layer is washed - off and thus field left with stones and boul- ders , is unfit for cultivation , and therefore , abandoned . However , it was pleasing to note that the proportion of ' cultivable waste ...
... run - off and soil erosion , top layer is washed - off and thus field left with stones and boul- ders , is unfit for cultivation , and therefore , abandoned . However , it was pleasing to note that the proportion of ' cultivable waste ...
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... run - off of water carrying the soil with it spreads the debris in the rivers which widen out due to shallow beds and thus causes floods in the plains . The traditional forming and grazing practices , and uncontrolled destruction of ...
... run - off of water carrying the soil with it spreads the debris in the rivers which widen out due to shallow beds and thus causes floods in the plains . The traditional forming and grazing practices , and uncontrolled destruction of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Erosion Syndrome | 2 |
Burden of the Beasts | 16 |
Copyright | |
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action activities agencies Agricultural Development Agro-Economic animal husbandry appropriate technology area under forests Average basic resources benefit cent climate Commission on Agriculture Community Forestry cropped area cultivation damage degradation Delhi density ecological economic incentives effects efficiency environment environmental extent external farmers farming systems fodder forest areas forest land fuel future grass grazing growth centres hectare High Yielding Varieties Himachal Pradesh University human HYV's implementation improve increase India intensity interest J. P. Bhati labour levels limited livestock lopping ment multiple use management natural resources orly Panchayati Raj Paonta Valley pastures planning population density preservation problems production programme range land requires Research Centre resource conservation run-off rural areas rural industrial Sainwala Village sectors simla Sirmur social cost Social Forestry soil erosion strategy Swarup timber tion Tooni total area trees Tural United Nations utilization Watershed Management Western Himalayan Region Wheat York