These fragile zones have to sustain the habitats, crops and livestock of over a third of mankind, 90% of who live in developing countries. This is also the case of a third of the Mediterranean Sea’s European bank and 85% of pasture in the United States. It is estimated that about 48 billion Euros are lost every year due to soil degradation. Desertification is now threatening about a billion people. A third of the world's population could be affected in the future. By 2025, two thirds of farmable land in Africa, a third in Asia and a fifth in South America could disappear. In the United States and in Spain, a third of the country is headed for desertification.
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Luc Gnacadja
This year, the UNCDD launchs the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. Read this interview with Mr Luc...
Designed to recognize grassroots environmental heroes, the Goldman Environmental Prize, founded by Richard and Rhoda Goldman in 1989 In San Francisco, is awarded annually to individuals from the six inhabited continental regions for sustained and significant efforts to...
The agricultural engineer, Philippe Ouaki Di Giorno developed the "Polyter" in the 1990s It is a small...
Arable land Biocapacity Desertification risks Secondary school net attendance ratio Degraded soils Ecological footprint
