| In
Nagaland, rather than natural causes, improvident and unscientific land and water
management practices have resulted into wastelands. The high prevalence of shifting
cultivation and unabated deforestation have led to serious degradation of soil, water,
flora and fauna thus leading to serious environmental and socio-economic problem. The
gravity of this degradation, and its significance as a problem is perhaps the single most
important natural resource management problem in the State today. |
Burning of Jhum Field in Progress |
