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Global Land Outlook report
May 14 , 2023
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- The second edition of the Global Land Outlook report published by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
- Nine Planetary boundaries are the thresholds of environmental limits that define a “safe operating space for humanity.
- Of these, climate change, biodiversity loss, land-use change, and geochemical cycles have already been exceeded.
- These breaches are directly linked to human-induced desertification, land degradation, and drought.
- Humans have already altered more than 70% of the earth’s land area from its natural state.
- This has contributed significantly to global warming and environmental degradation.
- It also led to a rise in poverty, hunger, inequality, zoonotic disease transmission etc.
- The global annual cost of land restoration to achieve meaningful results is expected to become at least $300 billion by 2030.
- Each dollar invested in restoration activities has also been estimated to return between $7 and $30 in economic benefits.
- Worldwide, food systems are responsible for 80% of deforestation, and 70% of freshwater use.
- It is the single greatest cause of terrestrial biodiversity loss.
- Floods, drought and wildfire are some common environmental challenges that degrade land.
- Land and ecosystem restoration will help slow global warming and reduce the scale and frequency of disasters like droughts, floods, etc.
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