desertification
Desertification - the process of widening deserts in areas where it has not been observed in historical times.
The deserts consume almost 6 million hectares a year in 60 countries inhabited by about one billion people. The most affected by the desertification process are the developing countries, but industrialized countries are also threatened, where intensive use of pesticides, fertilizers and intensive melioration lead to soil rinsing. Other causes of desertification include: forest degradation, degrading of savanna trees, plowing of steppes, excessive grazing of cattle, change of direction of rivers, mining, abandonment of traditional farming techniques.
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