Land degradation is a serious issue that worries every country; it has the potential to cause enormous harm and damage to ecosystems and the environment.
Land degradation can be seen as a sequence of changes that reduces the land’s ability permanently to support human communities and wildlife.
Land degradation implies a decrease in the overall vitality of lands and their biota, due to man-induced processes and/or natural events.
In recent years, industrial effluents as waste have become a major source of land and water pollution in many parts of the country.
Some of the ways through which we can solve the problems of land degradation are:
- Afforestation and proper management of grazing.
- Planting of shelter belts of plants.
- Stabilisation of sand dunes by growing thorny bushes.
- Proper management of waste lands.
- Control of mining activities.
- Proper discharge and disposal of industrial effluents and wastes after treatment.
