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Trends in productivity 1981-2003 (greening and land degradation)
Click here, or on the graphic, for full resolution. Trends in productivity 1981-2003 (greening and land degradation). Unsustainable practices in irrigation and production may lead
to increased salinization of soil, nutrient depletion and erosion.
An estimated 950 million ha of salt-affected lands occur
in arid and semi-arid regions, nearly 33% of the potentially arable
land area of the world. Globally, some 20% of irrigated
land (450,000 km2) is salt-affected, with 2,500–5,000 km2 of
lost production every year as a result of salinity (UNEP, 2008).
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