NRM TERM PAPER PRESENTATION

WASTELAND DEVELOPMENT
There is nothing called waste in this Gods creation-UPNISHAD

STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION
DEFINITION OF WASTELAND CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION TYPES OF WASTELANDS GOVT. POLICIES SO FAR GOVT. SCHEMES SO FAR REVIEW IWDP SCHEME SPWD SUGGESTIONS ON LEARNING REFERENCES

What is a wasteland???
According to Bhumbla &Khare A) which are eco logically unstable B) Whose top soil has been nearly completely lost C) which have developed toxicity in root zones for growth of most plants, both annual crop and trees.
Source of photo-www.angio.net

NWDB Definition degraded land which can be brought under vegetative cover with reasonable effort and which is currently under utilized and land which is deteriorating for lack of appropriate water and soil management or on account of natural causes

Source-www.mutantfrog.com

CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION

OVER CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION OVERGRAZING IMPROPER IRRIGATION PRACTICES

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TYPES OF WASTELANDS
ACCORDING TO NRSA & SOI-13 TYPES
1.Gullies and/or ravines 2. Upland with or without scrub 3. Waterlogged and marshy land 4. Land affected by salinity /alkalinity in coastal and inland areas 5. Land under shifting cultivation 6. Under utilized / degraded notified forest land 7. Degraded pasture / grazing land 8. Degraded land under plantation crops 9. Shifting sands- inland /coastal 10. Mining / industrial wastelands 11. Barren rocky / stony waste/ sheet rock areas 12. Steep sloping area 13. Snow covered and/ or glacial area.

Categories of Wastelands in India

Category Snow Covered/Glacial Barren Rocky/Sheet Rock Sands-inland/coastal Land affected by salinity/alkalinity Gullied/or ravenous land Upland with or without scrub Water logged & Marshy Steep sloping area Shifting cultivation land Mining/Industrial Wastelands Degraded/pastures/grazing land Under utilized/degraded notified forest land Degraded land under plantation crop Area (in sq.Kms.) 55788.49 64584.77 50021.65 20477.38 20553.35 194014.29 16568.45
7656.29

35142.20 1252.13 25978.91 140652.31 5828.09

TOTAL AREA-638518.31 sq.kms ..SOURCE-dolr.nic.in/iwdp1.htm

POLICIES SO FAR..
GOVT. OF INDIA land use policy(1983) National Land Resources Conservation and Development Commission (NLRCDC) National Land Board (NLB) National Land Use and Wastelands Development council (NLWC) The National wasteland Development Board (NWDB) IWDP (Integrated wasteland development Project)

SCHEMES SO FAR..
GRANTS IN AID TO NGOS DECENTRALISED PEOPLES NURSERIES SILVIPASTURE FARM SEED DEVELOPMENT AREA ORIENTED FUELWOOD & FODDER PROJECT ARIEL SEDING PROG. PLANTATION OF MINOR FOREST PRODUCE MARGIN MONEY SCHEME RURAL EMPLOYMENT SCHEME

REVIEW
By March,2004-148 schemes sanctioned with total outlay- 143.23 cr. 63 projects completed/ foreclosed. It lacked addressing ecological crisis &peoples participation. It has failed to achieve the target of 5 mha/year. By over all it has failed.

IWDP SCHEME
In effect since 1989-90 along with NWDB Only non forest wastelands are taken up. Its objective are based on village/ micro watershed plans.

Activities- In situ soil/ moisture conservation,

plantation, agro- forestry & horticulture, training, extension, awareness, capacity building, engineering structures etc.

Success story- Sivganga district of Tamilnadu.

SPWD..An organisation with mission

Activities- collaborative project with grass root
organisation,Networking, policy advocacy

Functional Area- Land, water, forest & natural

resources.

Programmes- Himalayan region, south

region,westrn region, eastern region, JFM, small water harvesting

Publications- Wasteland news, parti Bhoomi

samachar,van sahayog.

Suggestions on learning
Govt. should view a forestation as a support to agriculture. Peoples involvement by mobilization. Separate line of credit by banks/FI. Transfer of available technology. Each dev. Project should involve reclamation cost of waste resources. Sufficient planning for raising of nursery. Etc.

Text references.
RD.D.2 Rural Development programme, a magazine from Indira Gandhi National Open University school of continuing Education. Description and classification of wasteland, Ministry of environment and forests, New Delhi. Report of the National commission on agriculture Resource Development ,Part-V, ministry of agriculture , New Delhi. dolr.nic.in/iwdp1.htm sivaganga.nic.in/wland_dev.htm dolr.nic.in/wasteland_division.htm rural.nic.in/annualrep0304/chapter21.pdf angul.nic.in/iwdp.htm Spwdindia.org.

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Presented byRASHMI RANJAN PARIDA ROLL NO-37 PGPRM-1