How Long to Read Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks

How Long Does it Take to Read Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks by Brij Kishore Singh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The book, ‘Changing Land Uses – Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks’, attempts at providing an overview of the calamitous consequences of deforestation on the world climate. Deforestation worldwide has been lowering the carbon sequestration potential of forests and increasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. The planet is already warmer by 1.10 C than the preindustrial era and as a result we are facing disastrous consequences in terms of frequent and destructive climatic catastrophes, namely, storms, sea surges, floods, droughts etc. Several perennial streams have become seasonal owing to deforestation in the catchments. With special reference to Karnataka’s Western Ghat forests, the book carries several investigative stories highlighting how notified and un-notified forests have been plundered for a variety of reasons. Diverse land tenures in Kodagu district of Karnataka and administration’s failure to regulate the rights and privileges are exploited by the nexus between politicians and bureaucrats. Without realizing the ecological services provided by forests, natural forests in different land tenures have been allowed to be degraded for quid pro quo. In addition, forests have been diverted for many developmental projects such as widening of roads, construction of reservoirs for power and irrigation, transmission of power, establishing rail connectivity etc. leading to changing land uses, disappearance of perennial streams and loss of carbon sinks. It is high time that states acted in conserving natural forests irrespective of the ownership, and the country as a whole must grow trees over 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 as pledged in the Paris climate accord of 2015.

How long is Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks?

Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks by Brij Kishore Singh is 285 pages long, and a total of 72,675 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks aloud.

What Reading Level is Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks?

Changing Land Uses - Shrinking Streams and Carbon Sinks is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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