Land Reality Check

LAND -Reality Check Land Degradation by Area & Type Asia: 747 12 South America: 243 North & Central 73 America: 158 8. 222 70 123 39 106 440 Million Hectares Water erosion Wind erosion Chemical degradation Physical degradation Africa: 494 19 Europe: 219 Southwest Pacific: 103 61 36 187 227 17 26 115 83 42 34.5 Overgrazing 29.5 Deforestation 29.5 Mismanagement of Arable Land 1.0 Other