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• Introduction of Land Degradation and Management
• Causes and types of degraded lands
• Land resources and their uses in global and Pakistan perspectives
• Threats to national land use in Pakistan
• Nutrient dynamics and management in degraded lands
• Drought, low and erratic precipitation, lowering of water table
• Global warming and climate change
• Water and wind erosion and their types
• Nutrient and organic matter depletion
• Nutrient and organic matter depletion
• Salinization of soil and water
• Sea water intrusion
• Soil physical degradation: Crusting and compaction
• Water-logging
• Land sliding