Soil Law and Governance in India

• Autore: Desai Bharat H
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.54046
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Soil Degradation Challenge -- LDN and the UNCCD Process -- Soil Management in India -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- Part I: Global Framework -- Land-Soil Sustainability: India's International Obligations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Soil Degradation Challenge -- 3 Constitutional Framework and International Obligations -- 4 India's Treaty Obligations: Land-Soil Sustainability -- 4.1 Obligations Under UNFCCC and Soil Sustainability -- 4.2 Obligations Under CBD and Soil Sustainability -- 4.3 Obligations Under UNCCD and Soil Sustainability -- 4.4 New Delhi Declaration -- 5 Other Initiatives for Soil Sustainability -- 5.1 The Bonn Challenge and India -- 5.2 National Innovations on Carbon Resilient Agriculture -- 5.3 National Agro-Forestry Policy -- 6 A Way Forward -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Soil Degradation in India -- Soil Degradation in India: Challenge and Response -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Challenges -- 3 Loss of Crop Productivity -- 4 Problem Soils -- 4.1 Sodic Soils -- 4.2 Soil Property Change: Agroforestry in Sodic Soils -- 5 Saline Soils -- 5.1 Inland Saline Soils -- 5.2 Delta Region -- 5.3 Coastal Belt -- 5.4 Saline Vertisols -- 5.5 Acid soils -- 5.6 Ravine Land -- 6 Impact of Climate Change on Land Resource -- 7 Monitoring and Evaluation -- 8 Responses -- 8.1 Management Strategies for Top Soil -- 9 Initiatives for Land Management -- 10 Programmes and Projects -- 11 Land Degradation and SDGs -- 12 Land Degradation Neutrality -- 13 Emerging Challenges -- 14 A Way Forward -- 15 Conclusion -- References -- Combating Soil Degradation: Some Policy Perspectives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of Soil Degradation -- 3 Constitutional Provisions -- 4 Soil Protection Policy -- 5 Role of Local Institutions -- 6 Efforts to Re-Generate of Degraded Lands -- 7 Conclusion -- References. ; Part III: Existing Legal Framework -- Protection and Conservation of Soil: A Legal Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Need for Soil Conservation in India -- 3 State Action in Preservation of Soil -- 3.1 Central Laws, Policies and Schemes -- 3.2 State Laws, Policies and Schemes -- 4 GM Crops: Impact on Soil -- 5 A Way Forward -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Agriculture Policy, Law and Institutions: Relevance for Soil Degradation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agricultural Practices and Soil Degradation -- 2.1 Soil Structure and Its Relevance for Agriculture -- 3 Soil Protection: Agricultural Policies and Institutions -- 3.1 Soil Degradation in India: Areas of Concern -- 3.1.1 Insufficient Coverage of Government Initiatives -- 3.1.2 Soil Contamination Due to Industrial Activities -- 3.1.3 Lack of Crop Management, Shift Cultivation etc. -- Proper Use of Resources and Implementation of Watershed Management at Village Level -- Categorization of Farmers on the Base of Principle of Equity -- 3.2 Agriculture Policy: Vision 2020 -- 3.3 NITI Aayog Report: Demand & -- Supply Projections -- 3.4 Soil Health Management: National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture -- 3.5 Draft National Soil and Land Use Policy 2018 -- 3.6 Soil Health: New Policy Initiatives for Farmers Welfare -- 4 Agricultural Laws and Its Impact on Soil Management -- 4.1 Land Tenure Laws and Soil Conservation -- 4.2 Large Scale Agriculture Investments: Effect on Soil -- 4.3 Agricultural Laws Relating to Fertilizers and Pesticides -- 4.4 Genetically Modified Organisms Crops and Soil Health -- 4.5 Phyto-sanitary Laws and Soil Conservation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Forest Policy, Law and Institutions: Relevance for Soil Degradation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Constitutional Governance Over Forests -- 3 Soil in Forest Policies, Laws and Institutions -- 3.1 Forest Policy of 1894. ; 3.2 Land Preservation Act 1900 (Punjab) -- 3.3 Forest Act of 1927 -- 3.4 Forest Policy of 1952 -- 3.5 Five Year Plans -- 3.6 Forest Conservation Act 1980 -- 3.7 The Environment Protection Act 1986 -- 3.8 The National Forest Policy 1988 -- 3.9 PESA 1996 and FRA 2006 -- 3.10 The National Environment Policy 2006 -- 3.11 The National Forest Policy 2018 (Draft) -- 3.12 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change -- 4 Protection of Soil: Roles of the Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal -- 4.1 The Supreme Court of India -- 4.2 The National Green Tribunal -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Role of Women in Sustainable Soil Management: Some Legal Reflections -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Soil Health and Women: An Overview -- 2.1 Role of Women in SSM -- 3 Legal Mechanisms -- 3.1 Legal Framework in India -- 3.1.1 Land Rights -- 3.2 Protection of the Farmers' Rights -- 3.3 Labour Laws -- 3.4 Violence Against Women -- 3.5 Climate Change and the Protection of Natural Resources -- 3.6 Soil Management and Soil Health Card -- 4 Some Legal Challenges -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Role of Community in the Sustainable Soil Management: A Legal Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Soil Management -- 3 SSM and SDGs -- 4 SSM: International Dimension -- 5 SSM: National Approach -- 6 SSM: Role of the Judiciary -- 7 SSM: The Role of the Community -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Perspectives -- Land Use Planning as a Necessity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Growing Land Requirement -- 3 Trends and Issues of Adverse Land Use Change in India -- 3.1 Conversion of Agriculture Land into Non-Agriculture Purposes -- 3.2 Privatisation and Distribution of Government Owned Lands/Wastelands and Common Property Resources -- 4 India Needs to Have a Land-Use Policy -- 4.1 Political and Economic Forces Towards Land Use. ; 5 Land Use Policy: History and the Current System of Planning -- 5.1 The Current System of Planning -- 5.2 Steps Taken towards having a Land Use Policy -- 5.3 Quality of Land and the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality -- 6 Way Forward -- 6.1 Possible Land-Use Planning Approaches -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Soil Protection Through Watershed Development: A Grassroots Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Soils, People and Watersheds: Reversing Soil Degradation -- 3 Rain, Landscapes and Watershed Development -- 4 The Community, Sustainability and Equity -- 5 Community-led Watershed Development: Impacts and Benefits -- 6 Going to Scale: From One to the Many -- 6.1 Indo-German Watershed Development Program (IGWDP) -- 6.2 Key Innovations of the IGWDP -- 6.3 Impacts at Scale -- 6.4 Scalar Impact -- 7 Conclusion -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Soil Law and Governance in India
• ISBN: 3-031-32360-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910766886903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy Series