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Developing nations have 'more to lose' from loss of drylands

Source
SciDev.net

Publication Date
2013-04-16

[BONN, GERMANY] Developing countries have much more to lose from land degradation than developed ones, as the economic value of dryland ecosystems — determined by factors including food and raw material production, ecosystem services and tourism — is far greater there, according to a study.

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http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/news/developing-nations-have-more-to-lose-from-loss-of-drylands-.html