As The Guardian explained, the study determined that land degradation is increasing by around 1 million square kilometers (nearly 390,000 square miles) annually. The researchers noted that 15 ...
environmental degradation and climate change, are placing significant and potentially unsustainable pressures on the availability and usability of natural resources such as land, water and ecosystems.
Apart from Punjab, 3,64,154 hectares in Haryana and 24 lakh hectares in Himachal Pradesh are under land degradation or desertification, said Union minister of state for environment, forest and ...