Desertification is environmental degradation caused primarily by human activity. Overgrazing, slash and burn techniques, deforestation, over population, climate change, and in varied instances drought that is prolonged leads to desertification. And in the case of the Aral Sea, the diverting of water resources:
Improving Access To Water In Drylands
UN Conference On Desertification
Policy Briefs
Once the fourth largest lake in the world, this is what human activity did to her.
The Aral Sea
And 2006 is the: International Year Of Deserts And Desertification
We can reverse this. We must reverse this. That is the hope.
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