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On Day to Combat Desertification, UN calls for action to restore land resources
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UN News Centre
Publication Date
2016-06-17
Nearly 800 million people are chronically undernourished as a direct consequence of land degradation, declining soil, fertility, unsustainable water use, drought and biodiversity loss, requiring long-term solutions to help communities increase resilience to climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today.
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