EARTH ON THE EDGE
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram|December 07, 2024
1.5 BILLION HECTARES OF LAND DEGRADED GLOBALLY
S V KRISHNA CHAITANYA @Chennai
EARTH ON THE EDGE

N a world increasingly threatened by the effects of human activity on natural systems, land degradation has emerged as one of the most pressing global challenges. A recent report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, commissioned for the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), reveals the alarming extent of land degradation and its wide-reaching consequences.

Over 1.5 billion hectares of land and 1.2 billion people globally are currently affected by degradation. This troubling trend is exacerbated by human activities such as unsustainable agricultural practices, deforestation, and urbanization, which push the planet further beyond six of the nine planetary boundaries critical for Earth's resilience. These boundaries include land-system change, climate change, biodiversity loss, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, and the introduction of novel entities such as pollutants and microplastics.

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