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  2. Land degradation - Wikipedia

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    As per the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005, land degradation is in defined as "the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity of drylands". [5] A similar definition states that land degradation is the "degradation, impoverishment and long-term loss of ecosystem services".

  3. Environmental degradation - Wikipedia

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    According to Global Assessment of Land Degradation and Improvement (GLADA) a quarter of land area around the globe can now be marked as degraded. Land degradation is supposed to influence lives of 1.5 billion people and 15 billion tons of fertile soil is lost every year due to anthropogenic activities and climate change. [29]

  4. Land - Wikipedia

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    Land degradation is "the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity" of land as a result of human activity. [ 166 ] : 42 Land degradation is driven by many different activities, including agriculture, urbanization, energy production, and mining.

  5. Exclusive-UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse ...

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    Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue ...

  6. Three-Quarters of the Earth Has Gotten Permanently Drier - AOL

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    Areas that meet that definition now cover 40.6% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. ... Across Africa, aridity has led to a 12% plunge in GDP, partly driven by degradation of arable land ...

  7. Soil retrogression and degradation - Wikipedia

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    Soil retrogression and degradation are two regressive evolution processes associated with the loss of equilibrium of a stable soil.Retrogression is primarily due to soil erosion and corresponds to a phenomenon where succession reverts the land to its natural physical state.

  8. Overlooked grasslands must be protected, says WWF expert - AOL

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    As a result, they are suffering heavily, especially through land degradation — such as the loss of vegetation cover due to overgrazing or the loss of key species due to pollution, agriculture or ...

  9. Desertification - Wikipedia

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    Desertification is a gradual process of increased soil aridity.Desertification has been defined in the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities."