Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat - UN Report

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Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat - UN Report Warns

Implications on Food Security and Natural Systems

United Nations Environment Programme
January 24, 2014

Davos / Switzerland – Up to 849 million hectares of natural land – nearly the size of Brazil – may be degraded by 2050 should current trends of unsustainable land use continue, warns a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).