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The
project is undertaken in the entire districts in two phases.
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Phase I
(1990) Kannur, Idukki, Kasaragod, Malappuram, Palakkad and Wayanad.
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Phase
II (2000) Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikkode,
Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur.
Information on the rate and kind of change in the use of land
resources is essential to the proper planning, management, reclamation
and regulation of the use of such resources. Knowledge about existing
wastelands, their pattern and trend of change is essential, if the
nation is to overcome the problems associated with the development of
wastelands.
Wastelands in Kerala, is an effort to discuss the potentialities of
remote sensing techniques in wasteland survey and mapping at district
level.
Wasteland is defined as "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."
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WASTELAND CATEGORY IN KERALA |
(Area in Sq. km) |
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1 |
Upland with or without scrub |
357.93 |
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2 |
Waterlogged and Marshy land |
136.00 |
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3 |
Under utilised/ degraded notified forest land |
609.30 |
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4 |
Degraded pastures/grazing land |
3.99 |
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5 |
Degraded land under plantation crop |
25.65 |
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6 |
Sands-Desertic /coastal |
27.87 |
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7 |
Mining/Industrial |
0.49
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8 |
Barren rocky/stony waste/sheet rock area |
146.46 |
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Steeply slopping area |
140.49 |
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10 |
Total wasteland area |
1448.18 |
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Total Geographic area |
38863.00 |
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12 |
Total Wasteland percentage |
3.73 |
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Total wasteland under phase I |
975.14 |
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Total wasteland under phase II |
473.04 |
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Total wasteland Phase I & II |
1448.18 |
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