Overexploitation of forests, other woodland areas and trees and shrubs is a major cause of land degradation. Asia, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean, has the highest figures for land degraded by deforestation.
Pakistan: workers in a forest nursery tending tree
seedlings that will be planted in dry areas
FAO photo by G. Bizzarri
More photos in this series:
- Sudan: hungry goats feeding on a solitary Acacia shrub
- Niger: building barriers to prevent the expansion of degraded land cover
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