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Title: | Ravines: Prospective Zone for Carbon Sequestration |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | J Somasundaram, AK Parandiyal, Pramod Jha, Brij Lal Lakaria, RK Singh, BL Mina, S Kala, Shakir Ali |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Indian Institute of Soil Science |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2018-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Not Available |
Publisher: | Springer, Singapore |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Ravines are the extreme form of land degradation owing to water erosion and along with gullies of various sizes occupy about 10.37 million ha area in the country which could be utilized for sequestering carbon through improving vegetation densities/plantations. In fact, ravines are the most fragile ecosystems that have very low soil carbon content due to their light texture and poor aggregate stability. Thus, there is an urgent need to manage and restore these lands with suitable cultural and management practices. In fact, utilization of medium and deep ravine lands for regular cultivation always remains challenging; however, these ravines can be alternatively utilized for energy plantation, augmentation of fuel and fodder demands for local populace and production of hardy underutilized fruits and oil seed-bearing tree/shrub species. Ravine lands, which are economically unsuitable for agriculture, can be successfully stabilized by planting fast-growing species like bamboo on the gully beds and buffel grass/dhaman grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) on the side slopes and the interspaces of gully bed for economic utilization of gullied land. It was also evident that Acacia nilotica, Bambusa species and Aegle marmelos are highly suitable for ravine area and provide a substantial role in carbon sequestration under ravine landforms of Chambal and Yamuna river. Similarly, Prosopis juliflora and Azadirachta indica have greater ability for sustaining site productivity due to their greater leaf litterfall and fine root production under Yamuna ravines. In this chapter, an attempt has been made to address some of the issue of ravines vis-à-vis potential zone for carbon sequestration. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Print ISBN 978-981-10-8042-5 Online ISBN 978-981-10-8043-2 |
Type(s) of content: | Book |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Ravine Lands: Greening for Livelihood and Environmental Security |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Pages 433-443 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8043-2_19 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=16896325808445157255&btnI=1&hl=en |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/25972 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISS-Publication |
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