Gully erosion is a serious obstacle in India's land degradation neutrality mission.

ABSTRACT: India is famous for her badlands. These vast, intensely degraded landscapes occur extensively across Central and Western India, wherein they have had several adverse effects on both environment and society. However, accurate information on their current spatial extents, as well as the spatial distribution and severity of gully erosion elsewhere in the country was hitherto lacking. Considering that India has planned to effectively halt land degradation by 2030 in line with the agenda of the United Nations, and as precise spatial data is indispensable in planning and implementing land management interventions, we have created an exhaustive spatial inventory of gully erosion features in India by recording their location, extents and current management status from high-resolution satellite ima

SUBMITTER: Majhi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845753 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature