Studying the data spread over 23 years (1981-2003), the Food and Agriculture Organisation has concluded that 24 per cent of the global land area has degraded. This is over and above the extent of land that had already degraded. The situation has only worsened since 1991 when the previous assessment was made. According to the FAO, in India about 592,000 square kilometres of land has deteriorated
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/worrying-phenomenon
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fao
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
