Up to 40% of the World's Land Is Degraded by Humans, UN Report Warns
Human activity has degraded as much as 40 percent of the world’s land, impacting half of the people on Earth and putting about half of global gross domestic product at risk. That’s the stark finding of the Global Land Outlook 2, a new report from the UN’s Council to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Source: ecowatch.com