Question

What are the causes of land degradation and how can they be controlled?

Answer 1

the main causes for land degradation are that the mining site mining and quarrying human activities deforestation overgrazing mining sites are abundant after excavation work is complete living dips cars and prices of over burning

Answer 2

Ans causes of land degradation are:-

• Deforestation

• Over irrigation-top layer of soil washed off

• Over use of chemical fertilizers

• Over irrigation

• Mining-abondend mines leave uncultivable land behind.

• Industrial iffluents-dust from the cement industries make soil impermeable.

Land degradation occurs because of continous use of land without taking measures of conservation.

Measures taken for solving the problem of land degradation are:-

1 afforestation-one of the best measures.

2 grazing management- controll overgrazing

3 reduce the use of chemical fertilizers  

4 proper irrigation methods

5 implement mining laws

6 proper discharge and disposal of industrial effluents

7 Dams construction