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World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature's benefits each year due to land degradation

2015-09-15 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and nutrients cycling. Their report today estimates the value of ecosystem services worldwide forfeited due to land degradation at a staggering US $6.3 trillion to $10.6 trillion annually, or the equivalent of 10-17% of global GDP. <…

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