desertification
Desertification refers to the process by which fertile land gradually becomes desert-like, losing its ability to support plant life due to factors such as climate change, drought, deforestation, and unsustainable agricultural practices.
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Related Concepts (25)
- agroforestry
- climate change
- conservation efforts
- deforestation
- desert ecosystems
- drought
- droughts
- environmental impact
- food security
- forest degradation
- global warming
- human migration
- land abandonment
- land degradation
- land use planning
- loss of biodiversity
- overgrazing
- poverty
- precipitation
- rainfall
- restoration ecology
- sandstorms
- soil erosion
- sustainable land management
- water scarcity
Similar Concepts
- afforestation
- depletion of groundwater
- depletion of natural resources
- desalination
- deserts
- environmental degradation
- groundwater depletion
- land degradation and restoration
- rainforest destruction
- reforestation
- restoration of degraded land
- soil degradation
- soil erosion and depletion
- soil erosion and desertification
- wetland loss and degradation