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Achieving Zero Net Land Degradation: Challenges and opportunities

2015-01-01

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Land degradation is extensive, covering approximately 23% of the globe's terrestrial area, increasing at an annual rate of 5–10 million ha, and affecting about 1.5 billion people globally. Such detrimental processes call for urgent and comprehensive action to halt land degradation. In this paper, we assess the causes and extent of land degradation around the world, followed by an outline of the various challenges...

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Literature Corpus work: 3fc56c35-ada0-52f6-85a6-ddd8b8a344ec
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.01.016

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