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World’s Rangelands Degradation
May 30 , 2024
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- It is a new report released by the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD).
- About half of the world’s rangelands are degraded and need policy interventions, and communities depending on them need focused support.
- The UNCCD report defines rangelands as natural or semi-natural ecosystems that are grazed by livestock or wild animals.
- Rangelands contain vegetation such as grasses, shrubs, bushes, open forests, and agroforestry systems (land which contains trees and crops or pastures).
- Currently, rangelands cover 80 million sq km of Earth’s terrestrial surface area (over half of Earth’s land).
- Rangelands generate 16% of global food production and 70% of feed for domesticated herbivores, most significantly in Africa and South America.
- In India, rangelands occupy about 1.21 million sq km, from the Thar Desert to Himalayan meadows.
- The United Nations General assembly has designated 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP).
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