Desertification costs around $42 billion per year. You might be asking yourself why are we losing so much money? Whose allowing this to happen? And most of all what is desertification?

Desertification is simply defined by Allan Savory as “a fancy word for land that is turning to a desert.”And when land becomes desert, millions of people are left without food and water, and often forced to flee.

Droughts as a result of climate change and unsustainable farming practices are some of the reasons why 12 million hectares of land are lost each year. We are living in the official United Nations decade for deserts and the fight against desertification (2010-2020). So let’s review the facts. Read more