Desertification Flashcards
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Definition
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Is the loss of previously productive land in specific dry land regions of the world
- refers to the transformation of once habitable land into desert if either change of climate or human activity.
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How this process leads to changing of land cover
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It is creating land degradation, creating arid and semi arid land cover
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Causes of desertification
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Over grazing Deforestation Loss of vegetation Droughts Low humidity Ross growth of population Poverty Over cultivation
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Impacts
Economic
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Impacts upon agriculture, not allowing farmers to make business
Increases poverty
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Social impacts
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Disease, well being
- poor diets
Related illness
Salt and dusty air increase infant mortality rate
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Response
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UNCCD
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UNCCD (Unified convention of combating desertification)
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Formed in 1994
- aim of initiating action and boosting individual countries and regions to establish their own action plans
- the action plans should detail processes for preventing dry land degradation and reducing the effects of drought, so that poverty reduction and environmental sustainability is supported
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3 targets
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- 0 net land degradation by 2030
- 0 net forest degradation by 2030
- Drought policies implemented in all drought vulnerable regions by 2030
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UNCCD effect
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194 countries have signed the agreement
- world desertification day 17 June
- between 1991 and 2011, degraded land increases from15% to 25% of all land globally
