Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 15:Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt
and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Facts:
Forests
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Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihood. This includes some 70
million indigenous people
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Forests are home to more than 80 per cent of all terrestrial species of animals, plants and
insects
Desertification
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2.6 billion people depend directly on agriculture, but 52 per cent of the land used for
agriculture is moderately or severely affected by soil degradation
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As of 2008, land degradation affected 1.5 billion people globally
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Arable land loss is estimated at 30 to 35 times the historical rate
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Due to drought and desertification each year 12 million hectares are lost (23 hectares per
minute), where 20 million tons of grain could have been grown
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74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally
Ref:
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/biodiversity
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