World Bank calls upon action at all levels to address land degradation; Climate change, among others, is compounding scale of land degradation in developing countries.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 2005-WORLD BANK: World Bank calls upon action at all levels to address land degradation; Climate change, among others, is compounding scale of land degradation in developing countries(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25102005 NAIROBI, KENYA - The World Bank today called upon all stakeholders of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - in developed as well as developing countries - to address land degradation at all levels in addressing land degradation.

With an extra 2 billion people to feed over the next quarter century, food production will have to double on less land and less water. The estimates are 5 to 12 million hectares being lost annually to severe land degradation. At the same time water...