{"id":33623,"date":"2024-05-24T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=33623"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:39:14","slug":"un-half-rangelands-degraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/un-half-rangelands-degraded\/","title":{"rendered":"“Half of the Planet’s rangelands are degraded,” UN says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A snapshot from the latest UNCCD Report: degradation affects up to 50 percent of rangelands, twice as much as previous estimates. Central Asia and North Africa are the hardest hit areas<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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The degradation of natural grasslands poses “a severe threat to humanity\u2019s food supply and the wellbeing or survival of billions of people.” This is the message issued by the “Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists”<\/strong> released<\/a> by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD<\/strong>) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in recent days.<\/p>\n

The problem, experts explain, affects up to 50 percent of these territories and is shown by phenomena such as “diminished soil fertility and nutrients, erosion<\/strong>, salinization, alkalinization, and soil compaction inhibiting plant growth.” Among the causes are land conversion, overgrazing, abandonment of the territories themselves and mining activities.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 Our new report reveals the demise of rangelands which threatens well-being of billions<\/p>\n

With up to 50% of rangelands degraded, 1\/6 of our food supply and 1\/3 of carbon reservoir are at risk. Report urges restoration, better management and protection of pastoralism #UNited4Land<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UN Land and Drought (@UNCCD) May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n