DESERTIFICATION - UNCCD
displaced by desertification. The problem is most severe in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. For poor people, migration is a complex and costly venture. Often, it is the last option in the bid to survive, but many poor people have little choice but to flee their lands. Losing productive
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