Headline : Africa: Three Billion People Globally Impacted By Land Degradation

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Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will "increase levels of migration, stability and insecurity among many communities," according to the newly-elected President of a UN-backed conference on desertification, drought and land restoration which is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abdulrahman Alfadley, the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture was speaking as the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) got underway in the capital of the Middle Eastern country.

The meeting, according to UNCCD, represents a "moonshot moment to raise global ambition and accelerate action on land and drought resilience through a people-centered approach."

Globally up to 40 per cent of the world's land is degraded, which means its biological or economic productivity has been reduced.

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