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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, held on 17 June each year, will in 2020 focus on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption.
The slogan for 2020 is “Food.Feed.Fibre”. Under the UN, Today, more than two billion hectares of previously productive land is degraded. Over 70 per cent of natural ecosystems have been transformed. By 2050, this could hit 90 per cent. By 2030, food production will require an additional 300 million hectares of land.By 2030, the fashion industry is predicted to use 35 per cent more land – over 115 million hectares, equivalent to the size of Colombia.
Armenia is not void of desertification. According to the strategy for combating desertification in Armenia adopted in 2015, 48.8% of Armenia's territory is deserted, 24.3% is in the risk zone of desertification, and only 22.6% of the territory is not covered by desertification processes. According to RA Environment Ministry, Armenia, among 123 countries, is involved in the process of determining the national targets to achieve the state of neutral land degradation, aiming to achieve the state of neutral land degradation.
June 17, 2020 at 17:01