Question

The total degraded land in our country is?
a)133 million hactares
b)130 million sq. km
c)140 million hactares
d)130 million hactares

please answer correctly​

Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

Mr. Modi in his address said that this target would be achieved with an emphasis on “degraded agricultural, forest and other wastelands by adopting a landscape restoration approach.” This would also address water scarcity, enhance water recharge in forests, slow down water run-off and retain soil moisture.

India faces a severe problem of land degradation, or soil becoming unfit for cultivation. About 29% or about 96.4 million hectares are considered degraded.

This January, India became part of the “Bonn Challenge”, a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030. At the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) 2015 in Paris, India also joined the voluntary Bonn Challenge and pledged to bring into restoration 13 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020, and an additional 8 million hectares by 2030. India’s pledge was one of the largest in Asia.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer to this question is Option D: $130$ million hectares.

Explanation:

• There are $130$ million hectares of degraded land in our nation as a whole.
• India joined the "Bonn Challenge," a global initiative to restore $350$ million hectares of deforested land by $2030$, and $150$ million hectares by $2020$.
• The National Afforestation Programme (NAP) for ecological restoration of degraded forest areas, under which an area of more than $2$ million has been approved for afforestation.

Bonn challenge:

Climate change, water security, food security, and economic security will all be addressed under the Bonn challenge.

International pledges to combating climate change are strengthened by landscape restoration under the Bonn Challenge.