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“Land degradation is a threat to productivity and sustainable resource management” Explain with suitable examples from India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Economic Geography

Land degradation is the long-term loss of ecosystem function and productive capacity of land — a persistent fall in biological or economic productivity.

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