The volume has been design to explore the challenges surrounding land degradation, its origins and effects on the soil ecology. Additionally, we made every effort to learn about efficient soil restoration methods. The chapters go into great length about the effects of numerous anthropogenic activities, causes of soil deterioration and degradation with case studies, and ways to restore the agroecosystem and biodiversity etc.

In a nutshell, this volume discusses in detail the following issues

• Various dimensions of land degradation, their causes and consequences
• Land degradation pattern under changing climate scenario
• Soil biodiversity, its importance in soil health and sustainable agroecosystem
• Soil organic matter content and soil health
• Problem soils and major restoration projects
• Soil mining and its impacts
• Case studies on impact of chemically contaminated soil and living systems
• Bioremediation techniques for contaminated soil
• AI system in sustainable agroecology
• Mitigation and preparedness for the future

Let’s recall our duty that what we receive from our forefathers should pass to next generations and put hands together to maintain our environment so as to make our agriculture system more sustainable. This compilation is dedicated to farmers, brilliant minds behind agriculture and all those who are in this field.

1. Introduction to Soil, its Degradation and Reclamation Strategies
   Isha Sharma, Akshat Uniyal and Shrashti Saxena
2. Ecological Restoration
   Anita Yadav and Sandeep K. Malhotra
3. Natural and Human Dimensions of Soil Degradation: Causes and Consequences
   Madhu Raina, Romica Verma and Bhavana Sharma
4. Soil Restoration: Its Principles and Major Projects
   Shiwani Chaudhary, Indra Rautela, Atal Bihari Bajpai and Shweta Sahni
5. Soil Degradation Pattern and Potential Reclamation for Enhancing Soil Productive Capacity under Changing Climate Scenario
   M. S. Raghuvanshi, Latika Pandey, Deepak Kumar Mishra, A. Arunachalam, Asha Raam and Namita Joshi
6. Soil Degradation and Deterioration: Causes, Effects and Case Studies
   Gaurav Chand Ramola, Lekhendra Sahu, Digvijay Rathod, Akshit Kukreti and Surjeet S Rawat
7. Soil Microbes and their Contribution to Ecosystem
   Madhu Raina, Bhavana Sharma, Romica Verma and Veenu Kaul
8. Sustainable Restoration and Revival of Degraded Landscapes
   Tanwi Sharma and Devraghvendra S Chaudhri
9. Problem Soil: Types, Causes, and Reclamation Strategies
   Shrashti Saxena, Sneha Kelkar and Meghna Banerjee
10. Soil Degradation and Nutrient Mobilization under Low Nutrient Availability in Organically-Managed Soils
    Priyanka Uniyal and L. R. Dangwal
11. Influence of Organic Matter Content on Physico-chemical and Eco-Biological Properties of Soil and its Management
    Munish Sharma, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Navneet and Munit Sharma
12. Impact of Mining on Health, Environment and Agroecosystem: Assessment and Reclamation Measures
    Sanjeev K Morya, Sneha Kelkar and Anjana Chauhan
13. Phytoremediation of Degraded Semi-Arid Soil Using Halophytes: A New Hope for Soil Restoration
    Pushpika Udawat and Navneet Singh Chaudhary
14. Chemically Contaminated Soil: Sources, Impacts and Restoration Approaches
    Vikas Thakur, Nandita, Seema Singh and Amit Anthwal
15. Degradation of Fungicides in Soil
    Mansi Rastogi, Naveen Gaurav, Rashmi Verma and Amit Anthwal
16. Bioremediation Approaches for Reclamation of Pesticide Contaminated Agro-Ecosystem
    Sadhna Awasthi, Pradeep Bahuguna, Himani Badoni, Anurag Tewari and Vikrant Pachouri
17. Heavy Metals in Soil: Assessment, Effects and Remediation Strategies
    Vikas Thakur, Seema Singh, Sadhna Awasthi,  Jitender Gairolla and Amit Anthwal
18. Bioremediation of Pesticides Present in Soil, Sludge, Groundwater and Sediments
    Hira Singh Gariya, Amanpreet Kaur, Manish Dev Sharma, and Naveen Gaurav
19. Harnessing Artificial Intelligence towards Soil Restoration
    Tanwi Sharma and Syed Tabia Andrabi
20. Impact of Forest Fires in Uttarakhand: A Persistent Concern for Central Himalaya
    Vineet Kumar, Sarvesh Suyal and Rakesh Prasad
21. Subject Index