Degraded land is costly to reclaim and, if severely impacted, results in diminished ecosystem functions that are crucial to the provision of environmental, social, economic, and nonmaterial benefits on which so- ciety depends, and which keep development op- tions open.
Degraded land is costly to reclaim and, if severely impacted, results in diminished ecosystem functions that are crucial to the provision of environmental, social, economic, and nonmaterial benefits on which so- ciety depends, and which keep development op- tions open.