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Bai ZG, Dent DL, Olsson L and Schaepman ME 2008. Global assessment of land degradation and improvement 1: identification by remote sensing. Report 2008/01, FAO/ISRIC – Rome/Wageningen
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by GRID-Arendal
Trends in productivity 1981-2003 (greening and land degradation)
Year:
2009
Author:
Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
Unsustainable practices in irrigation and production may lead
to increased salinization of soil, nutrient depletion and erosion.
An estimated 950 million ha of salt-affected lands occur
in arid and semi-arid regions, nearly 33% of the potentially arable
land area of the world. Globally, some 20% of irrigated
land (450,000 km2) is salt-affected, with 2,500–5,000 km2 of
lost production every year as a result of salinity (UNEP, 2008).
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