Vimlesh Kumar, D. K. Singh and Prakash Yadav
Land restoration refers to the process of halting degradation or rehabilitating degraded land, typically through activities like reforestation, soil conservation, and the protection of natural processes. It aims to enhance biodiversity, restore ecosystem services, and mitigate climate change impacts. There are a number of interrelated land degradation components, all of which may contribute to a decline in agricultural production. The land is degraded by many types like as soil degradation, vegetation degradation, water degradation, Climate deterioration, Losses to urban/industrial development. Restoring land can have numerous benefits, such as improving soil fertility, increasing water retention and preventing land degradation. It also helps in conserving biodiversity by providing habitat for plants, animals, and microorganisms, thus supporting overall ecosystem health.A tree is any plant that has a woody stem of at least 8 to 10 feet in height, with crown of branches and leaves at the top. Trees have a different impact on soil properties than annual crops, because of their longer residence time, larger biomass accumulation, and longer-lasting, more extensive root systems.Trees are the silent protectors of the overall health of our planet. Environmental protection, they reduce soil erosion, act as sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and release large amount of oxygen. Therefore, the trees can play a major role in the land restoration.
Land restoration, agroforestry, trees