Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades

16 Jun 05
United Nations University

Growing desertification worldwide threatens to swell by millions the number of poor forced to seek new homes and livelihoods. And a rising number of large, intense dust storms plaguing many areas menace the health of people even continents away, international experts warn in a new report.

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Full text: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/unu-mea061005.php

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