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Review Papers | Forestry | India | Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024 | Popularity: 4.4 / 10
Forest Does Not Need Us, We Need Forest for Our Survival
Uma Shanker Singh, Prakriti Srivastav
Abstract: Wayanad landslide started as one of those smaller landslides that occurred deep inside the forest, and the landslide gained momentum as it reached the lower reaches of the hill as the soil structure in the lower parts was fragile and saturated with rain. It turned into a massive slide filled with rocks and mud bringing down a part of the hill. The high - intensity rainfall was the major trigger that acted as a tipping point. There are many factors but the most important factor is deforestation which started in the 1980s to clear the land for tree plantations must have gradually changed the soil conditions in the region. The root systems of the forest trees left out within the soil must have decayed, leaving huge cavities. Similar soil conditions with cavities under the soil cover must exist in the Mundakkai/Chooralmala area. It is possible that the water seeped into the cavities and interconnected underground channels formed by soil piping phenomena.
Keywords: Landslide, Soil, Climate change, Rainfall, Run - out zone, Crown zone of the hills, Satellite imagery, State tourism department, District Tourism Promotion Council, National Remote Sensing Centre
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024
Pages: 768 - 773
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