Map of Soil Degradation in the World
An estimated 75% of the Earth’s land surface has been degraded through human activities, negatively impacting the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people, pushing the planet towards a sixth mass species extinction, and costing more than 10% of the annual global gross product in loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
2005 version of this map
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Sources
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES, Mar 2018; ipbes.net/assessment-reports/ldr
Tags: soil degradation world map, soil degradation in the world, agriculture-food
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