Desertification
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Desertification is a type of land degradation in which relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.
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See also
- Aridification
- Arid Forest Research Institute
- Deforestation
- Green water credits
- Oasification
- Poopó Lake a saline lake that no longer exists
- Soil retrogression and degradation
- Terraforming
- Water crisis
- Deforestation and climate change
Mitigation:
- Arid Lands Information Network—Kenya
- Biochar Fertilisation using carbon
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Economics of Land Degradation Initiative
- Desert greening
- Ecological engineering
- Green Wall of China
- Holistic management
- Land value tax
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