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| Desertification Facts
When drylands get degraded due to climatic changes and human activities, it leads to desertification. According to experts, nearly one-third of the human population live in drylands, which make up around half of the land area on earth. Desertification has adversely affected lives and well as livelihoods of millions, especially those who derive their livelihoods from the land itself. |
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Here are some desertification facts that you should know if you want to do your bit to save the environment from further degradation:
- Nearly 10 percent to 20 percent of the drylands across the world have been degraded
- Arid, semi-arid and dry regions of the world are prone to desertification because of changes in the climate and human activities.
- Desertification is a misnomer because most people think that desert expansion is desertification. This is not a fact.
- According to the latest statistics, around one billion people are adversely affected due to desertification. This means that one-sixth of the population of the world will face economic hardships, poverty, and starvation due to desertification.
- One major cause of poverty is desertification, and that is why there is rural migration into urbanized areas.
- Around 70 percent of all drylands around the world are facing desertification.
- Nearly 73 percent of rangeland around the world has been degraded due to desertification.
- Every year, 24 billion tons of top soil is lost due to desertification.
- The continent that has been affected the quite severely due to desertification is Africa. Nearly two-thirds of the continent is either desert or dryland. And, nearly 73 percent of drylands used for agriculture has been degraded either badly or moderately.
- However, it is the Asian continent that has the dubious distinction of having the most land that is adversely affected by desertification. Around 1,400 hectares of land in Asia has undergone desertification.
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