These Eco problems that are listed below need our immediate attention for desertification is slowly creeping up on us. Therefore, the question I propose to anyone that gives a damn is why does things have to get out of hand before collective action is taken?
The desert on the edge of the city of Dunhang in Gansu province threatens to engulf it.
Fact Box source: CNN
Desertification costs China $6.5 billion per year.
Lake Chadhas shrunk in size by 95 per cent since the 1960s.
In Kazakhstan desertification has meant that nearly 50 per cent of cropland has been abandoned since 1980.
Africamay only be able to feed 25 per cent of its population by 2025.
In Iran, fierce sandstorms are believed to have buried over 100 villages in 2002.