Desertification/land degradation status mapping of India

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1478-1483

  Ajai, R R ^a   Arya, A S ^a   Dhinwa, P S ^a   Pathan, S K ^a   Ganesh Raj, K ^b  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b Earth Observation System   (India)

Author keywords

AWiFS; Desertification; Dry lands; IRS P6 resourcesat; Land degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249116301     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. UNEP, A Status of Desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification. Report of the Executive Director, Nairobi, United Nations Environment Programme, 1992.
2. NBSS&LUP, Agro-ecological subregions of India for planning and development, NBSS&LUP Publication, ICAR, Nagpur, 2001.
3. MoEF, National Action Programme to Combat Desertification. Status of Desertification, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India, September 2001, vol. 1, p. 293.
4. Ajai et al., Desertification Monitoring and Assessment using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Pilot Project under TPN-1 UNCCD SAC/RESIPA/MESG/DMA/2007/01, 2007.