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Synopsis Land is the basic natural resource, providing vital support system for human and animal lives. In the context of fast changing scenario, most judicious and ecologically sound use of land resource holds the key to reverse current soil degradation and to sustain enhanced productivity. The signs of land degradation are already clearly evident in terms of declining productivity, loss of biodiversity, increasing sedimentation of rivers and reservoirs, drying up of perennial water resources, recurring draughts and floods and deteriorating environmental stability. The state of Himachal Pradesh and particularly the Shiwalik Region in certainly no exception to it. Wasteland Development in Himalayas with Particular Reference to Shiwaliks, the theme of the National Seminar, therefore, assumes greater significance in this context. The technologies and policy guidelines in the seminar would go a long way in working strategies for improving the wastelands and sustaining the crop production and soil quality.