Plenary I: Economic and social impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought from bangi Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 69 min 25 sec ✓ Published: 17-Apr-2013
Description: Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) directly affect 1.5 billion people who depend on dry and degraded lands for their livelihood. 42% of the world’s very poor live in degraded areas compared to only 15% of the non-poor. Therefore, the economic and social impacts of DLDD are significant. For instance, it has been estimated that the direct economic costs of desertification for Burkina Faso and Nigeria were 9% resp. 17% of GDP in 1995. Concerning social impacts, DLDD leads to inc
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