LAND

RESOURCES
 WHAT ARE LAND RESOURCES ?

Land resources can be taken to mean the resources

available from the land. The agricultural land, the
underground water, the various minerals like coal,
bauxite, gold and other raw materials. In a wider sense,
land resource can also mean the land available for
exploitation, like non agricultural lands for buildings,
developing townships etc.
 LAND AS RESOURCE
 The most important natural resource, upon which all human activity is based
since time immemorial, is land.
 Land resource is our basic resource.
 Throughout history, we have drawn most of our sustenance and much of our
fuel, clothing and shelter from the land.
 It is useful to us as a source of food, as a place to live, work and play. It is a
productive economic factor in agriculture, forestry, grazing, fishing and mining.
 It is considered as a foundation of social prestige and is the basis of wealth and
political power
 LAND DEGRADATION
LAND DEGRADATION IS A PROCESS IN WHICH THE
VALUE OF THE BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IS
AFFECTED BY A COMBINATION OF HUMAN-
INDUCED PROCESSES ACTING UPON THE LAND.
 CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION
• DEFORESTATION:
• EXCESSIVE USE OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES:
• OVERGRAZING:
• SALINATION:
• WATER-LOGGING:
• DESERTIFICATION:
• SOIL EROSION:
• WASTELAND
• LANDSLIDES:
 SOIL EROSION
THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO GROW CROPS. IF THE SOIL HAS ERODED, THE
CROPS WILL NOT GROW VERY WELL. EROSION ALSO
LEAVES LARGE HOLES IN THE EARTH, WHICH CAN
WEAKEN BUILDINGS AND EVEN CAUSE THEM TO
COLLAPSE.
 CAUSES OF SOIL EROSION
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
FACTORS THAT CAN CAUSE SOIL
EROSION, MOST CAN BE BROKEN DOWN
INTO TWO MAIN CATEGORIES:
*EROSION BY WATER
*EROSION BY WIND
 MAN INDUCED LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES ARE THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF A SLOPE COMPOSED OF
EARTH MATERIALS SUCH AS ROCK, SOIL OR ARTIFICIAL FILLS. LANDSLIDES ARE
ALSO CALLED ROCK-SLIDE, DEBRIS-SLIDE, SLUMP, EARTH-FLOW OR SOIL-CREEP.
DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND MINING ACTIVITIES HUGE PORTIONS
OF MOUNTAINOUS FRAGILE AREAS ARE CUT DOWN AND THROWN INTO
ADJACENT AREAS AND STREAMS. THESE LAND MASSES WEAKEN THE ALREADY
FRAGILE MOUNTAIN SLOPES LEADING TO MAN-INDUCED LANDSLIDES.
 DESERTIFICATION
DESERTIFICATION IS A TYPE OF LAND
DEGRADATION IN WHICH A RELATIVELY DRY LAND
REGION BECOMES INCREASINGLY ARID, TYPICALLY
LOSING ITS BODIES OF WATER AS WELL AS
VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE. IT IS CAUSED BY A
VARIETY OF FACTORS, SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
 CAUSES OF DESERTIFICATION
OVERGRAZING
DEFORESTATION
EROSION
SALINIZATION
SOIL COMPACTION
NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES -
ROLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL

I. CONSERVE WATER
II. CONSERVE ENERGY
III. PROTECT THE SOIL
IV. PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
 EQUITABLE USE AND CONSERVATION
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
 MOST IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE GET A FARE SHARE
 CURRENTLY MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (MDC´S)ARE USING
MORE THAN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES(LDC ´S)
 MDCS HAVE LESS POPULATION BUT USE MORE AND POLLUTE
MORE
 LDCS HAVE MORE POPULATION BUT USE LESS AND POLLUTE LESS
 CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS NECESSARY
 INDIVIDUAL ROLE MOST IMPORTANT
THANK YOU!