One million square kilometers of land is degraded every year, according to the UN

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The global area affected by land degradation covers about 15 million square kilometers – larger than the size of Antarctica or almost that of Russia – and increases each year by one million square kilometers.

This is stated in a report prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), in Germany, in collaboration with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

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