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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Автор: 17.06.2015 | nature
On June 17 the World Day to Combat Desertification proclaimed by the UN General Assembly is observed.

The main objective of the day is to raise public awareness on the issue through conference, roundtable discussions, seminars, exhibitions and other events relating to international cooperation to combat effects of drought.

One of the observation’s aims is preservation of soil fertility, as well as removal of degraded lands and their replacement by the same amount of restored agricultural lands.

Desertification is one of the most alarming global environmental processes. It threatens health of more than one billion people. Each year this problem leads to losses of agricultural products valued at USD 42 billion, as well as migration of more than 60 million people from Africa to Europe and the United States.

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