New York, 17 Aug-(ANA)-The United Nations has unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries.
Desertification is defined as the degradation of drylands, which comprise more
than 40 per cent of the world’s land surface and are home to 2.1 billion people
– one in every three people worldwide.
One third of all crops cultivated today have their origins in drylands, which
also support half of all livestock.
The General Assembly designated 2010-2020 as the Decade in 2007 to heighten
public awareness of the threat posed by desertification, land degradation and
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