This presentation is based on how the earth is destroyed by human being by using harmful chemical waste,plastics and destroying forest's of the mother earth

5. Inefficient use of land as such
is not going to cause land
pollution. However, inefficient
use of land amounts to
wastage, and hence shortage
of land; and it is precisely
during such conditions that
man has to resort to measure
such as deforestation and
others to meet his needs. It
is an indirect cause of land
pollution that is often largely
neglected

6. When the top-most 'soil'
layer of land is destroyed
or polluted. Soil pollution is
again another cause of
land pollution that affects
not only the land, but also
a lot of other things such
as forest cover of a region,
productivity of land in
terms of agriculture,
grazing etc. Soil pollution
is also caused by wrong
agricultural practices, such
as overuse of chemical
fertilizers and pesticides.

10. EFFECTS ON CLIMATE
Land pollutions leads to
loss in the forest cover
of Earth. This is in turn
going to affect the
amount of rain. Less
rain mean lesser
vegetation. The effect
of all different kinds of
pollution will eventually
lead to problems like
acid rains, greenhouse
effect, global warming.

12. BIO MAGNIFICATION

13. EFFECTS ON BIODIVERSITY

14. PREVENTIVE MEASURES

15. REDUCE TOXIC MATERIALS
Waste materials that are
disposed of should have
minimal toxic materials. This
can be done by treating the
waste materials with various
chemicals to make them less
toxic. Once the waste is
treated, it can be disposed of
using responsible methods.
Harmful chemicals can also be
replaced with less toxic,
biodegradable materials.

16. RECYCLE WASTE MATERIALS

17. USE ORGANICS PRODUCTS
Buy organics
products, especially
organic cleaners,
pesticides,
insecticides and
fertilizers. The
advantage of using
organic products is
that they are
biodegradable and
friendly to the
environment.

18. GROW MORE TREES
Initiative should be
taken to grow more
trees. Researches
show that trees can
actually fertilize the
soil. This means that
by growing trees, soil
will become fertile,
agriculture will get
boosted and land
pollution will greatly
reduce

19. PROPER WASTE MANAGEMENT

20. IMPROVE FERTILITY OF THE LAND BY
REFORESTING

21. COMPOST GARDEN AND KITCHEN WASTE

22. SOME MORE …
Both individuals and authorities have to make
positive changes in the way they conduct things.
Spreading awareness, amongst the common
people, to use organic, biodegradable products
and to efficiently use resources, should be taken
up seriously by the government. The industries
too should follow proper procedures of industrial
waste disposal. In addition to this, trees should
be saved and more plants should be grown. All
these initiatives are mandatory for any project
on the prevention of land pollution, to be
successful

23. CASE STUDY

24. LandAcquisition
The GoM has an extensive programme of land acquisition for industry, airports, expressways,
ports, tourist resorts and offers liberal package of concessions to multinational and Indian
companies in some parts of Thane and Raigad districts. MIDC has so far acquired more than
35000 hectares of land over 200 locations.
Wasteland
Pune has the major share of area under wasteland. Also, in Thane about 66 percent of the land
is affected by alkalinity. As NWIP survey (2002), the extent of wastelands in the State is
estimated at 70.53 lakh ha, of which, community lands account for 28.73 lakh ha, private lands
24 lakh ha, and degraded forests 17.8 lakh ha. A satellite based survey by the Maharashtra
Remote Sensing Applications Centre, estimated non-forest wastelands at 51.15 lakh.

25. Land Utilisation in Maharashtra (2002 - 03)Net Area Sown
Forest Land
Barren, Uncultivable
and Culturable Waste
Land
Current and other
Fallow Land
Permanent, Pastures,
Grazing Land and Land
under Misc. tree, crops
and grooves
Land put to Non-
Agriclutral uses

26. Impact of Land Degradation
In addition, in Maharashtra large diversion of lands
from agricultural sector and forests area to non-
agricultural uses affects overall growth and
productivity of the agricultural sector.
For example, the district of Chandrapur is endowed
with very good fertile natural resources, but
anthropogenic activities have led to soil erosion,
excessive land degradation, diminishing soil fertility,
low agricultural production and degradation of
forests in this area.
Increasing gravel and stone quarry has led to
accelerated soil erosion because of the loss of the
topsoil nutrient, which is required to maintain
vegetation cover.

27. STEPS TAKEN The Central and State Governments have initiated several
programmes and schemes to check the land degradation.
These include centrally sponsored the Integrated
Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP), the Draught
Prone Area Programme (DPAP), Employment Assurance
Scheme (EAS) and National Watershed Development Project
For Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA). In addition, rehabilitation of
degraded lands is also covered under the state sector
Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) and
EAS.
 As per the requirements of MoEF(Ministry of environment
and forests), GoI, MCGM(municipal corporation of greater
Mumbai) has carried out compensatory mangrove plantation
on a 40-hectare area, which is identified as suitable coastal
area for such plantations by BNHS(Bombay Natural History
Society).