Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land loses much of its biological — and economic — productivity, and becomes desert. Today, up to 40% of the world's land is ...

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Healthy land also provides food security and a sustainable agricultural system, says the study. But with so much fertile, productive land degraded each year, ongoing desertification is instead ...