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Whipsawed by desertification In Morocco the picture is changing; it is now of the Sahara desert advancing into once-green stretches. More than 22,000 hectares of arable land disappear under the desert every year now in Morocco. Desertification is now threatening the entire country and almost 93% of Morocco is affected by aridity. Date palms are the most ravaged by desertification. At the end of the 19th century, Morocco had an estimated 15 million date palms. That number has now dropped to 4.5 million. |