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BERLIN: Sand and dust storms are “dramatically” more frequent in some places worldwide, with at least a quarter of the storms caused by humans, accord...

The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on Wednesday. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said an estimated two billion tons of sand and dust enters the atmosphere every year, wreaking havoc across large parts of Asia and Africa and causing significant economic damage throughout the world.

The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on Wednesday. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said an estimated two billion tons of sand and dust enters the atmosphere every year, wreaking havoc across large parts of Asia and Africa and causing significant economic damage throughout the world.

The United Nations is holding a conference in Uzbekistan to deal with this rapidly growing problem, which has a serious impact on health. Northern and Central Asia are among the most affected areas in the world, with the dried-up Aral Sea as a major source. According to experts, human activities are an important cause, and for this reason mitigation becomes essential.

TASHKENT: The UN warned on Wednesday that the number of sand and dust storms are increasing “dramatically” with Central Asia most hit by the dangerous phenomena.Toxic sand storms have...