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KERALA Spatial Distribution of Wastelands 2015-16

Kasaragod KARNATAKA

Kannur Legend Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) Wayanad Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) Land with Dense Scrub Kozhikode Land with Open Scrub Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) Malappuram Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Moderate) Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Strong) Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum ARABIAN SEA Palakkad Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) TAMILNADU Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) Thrissur Degraded pastures/grazing land Degraded land under plantation crop Sands - Riverine Ernakulam Sands - Coastal Sands - Desertic Idukki Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab > 40m Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab 15-40m Kottayam Mining Wastelands Allaphuzha Industrial Wastelands Pattanamtitta Barren Rocky Area 20; 3% 16; 1% 22; 13% 3; 14% Snow Covered/ Glacial Area

Non Wasteland Area 13; 17% Water ways Kollam 4; 27% District Boundary Railways 11; 26% Major Roads Thiruvananthapuram

0420 080120 160 Kms Land Use & Cover Monitoring Divn. State Remote Sensing and Dept. of Land Resources LRUMG,Remote Sensing Application Total Geog. Area (TGA): Source: Wasteland Maps: 2008-09 on 1:50,000 scale, Environment Centre Min. of Rural Development 38863.00 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Total wasteland area : Three seasons IRS P6 LISS-III data of Kharif(Oct/Nov-2015), Vikas Bhavan G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan 2288.32 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI Wasteland Percentage: Rabi (Jan/Feb-2016) and Zaid (April/May-2016) & Ground truth Thiruvananthapuram – 695 033 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011 5.89 Partner Inst. Executed By

Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Sponsored by KERALA Wastelands Area Change Matrix : 2008-09 and 2015-16

677.41 2.09 0.89 602.95 1.05 380.97 0.16 26.64 25.20 290.65

PAGE 111 PAGE 112 Note: “--”DenotesthisClassisnotexistingintheDistrict/ State Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 Kerala Thiruvananthapu Pattanamtitta Malappuram Allaphuzha Ernakulam Kasaragod Kottayam Palakkad Wayanad Thrissur Kannur Kollam Idukki ram - WL_Class 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change 1 ------6. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Seasonal) 5. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Permanent) 4. LandwithOpenScrub 3. LandwithDenseScrub 2. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Deep) 1. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Medium) 2 ------102.15 155.16 -21.73 -64.73 -10.07 -13.72 -66.58 19.81 41.54 12.10 14.19 24.77 10.58 15.70 90.44 13.33 11.98 13.75 11.21 24.93 63.66 65.50 24.23 31.71 35.57 -2.69 -1.77 -0.59 -1.84 -7.47 3 2.79 6.88 4.09 9.41 6.39 9.31 3.25 7.61 8.19 ------243.86 268.72 104.47 126.48 114.31 -24.86 -22.01 -36.93 15.96 24.08 26.89 28.67 28.04 91.01 62.97 10.67 10.41 12.21 17.27 77.38 13.75 17.03 -8.12 -1.78 -1.82 -0.32 -5.06 -0.07 -2.62 4 3.28 3.90 5.72 0.26 3.41 3.74 2.08 2.15 6.99 9.61 ------5 0.85 2.62 1.77 0.00 0.32 0.32 ------2008-09 Wastelands statisticsarerevisedversion. -0.07 -0.09 6 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.10 0.17 0.15 0.24 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.38 0.38 0.00 0.03 ------12. Under-utilised/degradedforest (Agriculture) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest(Scrubdomin) 10. ShiftingCultivation- Abandoned Jhum 9. 8. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Strong) 7. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Medium) Shifting Cultivation-CurrentJhum 7 ------8 ------9 ------10 ------127.34 132.02 158.38 165.87 12.90 12.21 29.06 28.85 10.16 72.65 76.01 14.65 15.28 23.52 28.15 98.21 95.81 26.35 26.60 11 -4.68 -7.49 -3.35 -0.62 -0.02 -4.64 -1.84 -0.25 0.68 0.21 0.40 9.76 5.11 5.13 0.00 0.96 0.96 4.46 6.29 2.40 ------TGA -Total Geographical Area 18. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab>40m 17. Sands-Desertic 16. Sands-Coastal 15. Sands-Riverine 14. Degradedlandunderplantationcrop 13. Degradedpastures/grazingland 12 0.00 0.46 0.46 0.17 0.76 0.59 ------299.67 299.67 36.99 36.99 17.23 17.23 22.44 22.44 13 -1.61 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.31 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00 0.85 0.85 1.09 2.71 0.00 ------14 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00 ------15 ------16 -0.04 2.19 0.00 2.87 2.87 0.00 0.00 2.18 2.18 0.03 4.53 4.50 0.00 2.52 2.52 0.00 0.55 0.55 3.66 3.70 0.00 2.69 2.69 0.00 5.42 5.42 0.00 2.19 ------23. Snowcovered/Glacialarea 22. BarrenRocky/Stonywaste 21. Industrialwastelands 20. MiningWastelands 19. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab15-40m 17 ------18 ------19 ------15.98 11.86 15.14 16.79 20 1.65 1.27 1.94 0.68 0.69 1.56 0.87 0.58 1.47 0.90 0.64 1.19 0.55 4.12 0.57 0.92 0.35 3.87 6.91 3.05 0.56 0.91 0.36 2.89 5.05 2.16 1.48 2.82 1.34 1.92 2.32 0.40 6.04 7.08 1.04 ------21 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.04 ------141.61 140.58 87.80 87.41 15.50 18.48 22 -0.03 -0.14 -0.19 -2.98 -0.12 -0.04 -0.04 -0.67 3.22 3.25 0.00 1.02 1.02 8.46 8.60 9.39 9.59 0.40 4.09 4.21 0.00 4.32 4.32 4.51 4.54 0.00 2.28 2.28 0.52 0.56 1.04 5.12 5.79 0.00 0.03 0.03 23 ------Area insq.km Total 154.08 158.04 109.76 112.10 377.69 423.14 160.46 204.48 277.60 287.61 145.06 160.05 721.87 754.54 -15.54 -45.45 -44.02 -22.06 -10.01 -14.99 -32.67 69.91 70.80 61.39 76.92 46.51 51.32 61.27 83.32 45.90 54.34 53.00 59.96 -0.89 -3.96 -2.34 -4.81 -8.44 -6.96 0.10 3.83 3.73 TGA 2132 3032 2186 2642 4392 3548 2345 2204 2583 1961 2997 5019 2408 1414

PAGE 113 PAGE 114 Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 Kerala contd... Note: “--”DenotesthisClassisnotexistingintheDistrict/State Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 Kerala contd... TGA -Total Geographical Area 8. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Strong) 7. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Medium) 6. Waterlogged andMarshyland(Seasonal) 5. Waterlogged andMarshyland(Permanent) 4. LandwithOpenScrub 3. LandwithDenseScrub 2. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Deep) 1. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Medium) Grand Total 12 District 0.17 1.21 1.05 379.36 380.97 13 -1.61 WL_Class 2015-16 2008-09 Change 14 0.00 0.16 0.16 1 15 ------2 26.63 26.64 16 -0.01 ------16. Sands-Coastal 15. Sands-Riverine 14. Degradedlandunderplantationcrop 13. Degradedpastures/grazingland 12. Under-utilised/degradedforest(Agriculture) 11. Under-utilised/degradedforest(Scrubdomin) 10. ShiftingCultivation- Abandoned Jhum 9. -167.82 324.52 492.34 3 Shifting Cultivation-CurrentJhum 17 ------615.89 677.41 -61.53 4 18 ------5 0.85 2.94 2.09 19 ------2008-09 Wastelands statisticsarerevisedversion. -0.16 6 0.73 0.89 39.76 64.96 25.20 20 7 21 0.31 0.31 ------23. Snowcovered/Glacialarea 22. BarrenRocky/Stonywaste 21. Industrialwastelands 20. MiningWastelands 19. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab15-40m 18. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab>40m 17. Sands-Desertic 8 287.87 290.65 22 -2.78 ------9 23 ------Areainsq.km 2288.32 2500.35 -212.03 10 Total ------38863 583.75 602.95 -19.20 TGA 11