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Desertification is greatest threat to planet, expert warns

  • Damian Carrington, the Guardian
  • 16 December 2010
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Desertification and land degradation is "the greatest environmental challenge of our time" and "a threat to global wellbeing", according to the UN's top drylands official, Luc Gnacadja, who says people...

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