Land Degradation

For this weeks blog post I’ll be discussing what affects Land degradation has on the environment. Land deterioration is tne loss of the productive capacity of the soils for present and future. Land degradation is a global challenge that affects everyone through food insecurity, higher food prices, climate change, environmental hazards and loss of biodiversity services and it is all happening at a worried pace, and contributing to a dramatic decrease of productivity of croplands. Globally, about 25 percent of the total land area has been degraded. When land is degraded, soil carbon and nitrous oxide is released into the atmosphere, making land degradation one of the most important contributors to climate change. If this trend continues, 95 percent of the Earth’s land areas could become degraded by 2050. While reading the article they talked about how the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) is a concept that can help communities, businesses, and governments reconcile the need to increase food production without degrading land resources. Essentially, LDN is about managing land more sustainably to reduce degradation, while increasing rates of land restoration.




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  1. Ashley RitterFebruary 28, 2021 at 6:11 PM

    I loved reading what you wrote about it makes me think about how much waste and other chemicals can do to our environment. To think that our soil is degraded and its affecting our food and other things in this economy is crazy. I think I didn't realize how much of our food comes from the soil. We have crops and other plants but you also have to think about the grass that cows and other animals eat and its just weird to think that it has an affect on those things.

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