Land degradation impacting 40% of Earth's population: UNESCO
A UNESCO report has warned that worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of 3.2 billion people, driving species' extinctions, and intensifying climate change. The report stressed on land restoration practises as degradation cost the equivalent of about 10% of the world's annual gross product in 2010 through loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.