Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Babul Supriyo called for generating awareness towards preventing and restoring land degradation for healthier and sustainable ecosystems.
‘Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India’ Released:
On the occasion, the Minister of State released the latest version of ‘Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India’. It has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad.
About Atlas:
The Atlas provides state wise area of degraded lands for the time frame 2018-19. It also provides the change analysis for the duration of 15 years, from 2003-05 to 2018-19.
Currently, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey is the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.