Number of drought disasters as recorded by EMDAT (1974-2004)

Submitted by benoit on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 15:22

Map of drought repartition were we can see that Africa, India, United states, Australia are the most affected by drought. For example Africa was exposed in some parts to up to nine droughts in the time span, which influenced local people and moreover also the major income like agriculture (e.g., crops don’t get enough water).

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Risk of Human induced desertification

Submitted by francob12 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:27
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US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources

 

  • Orange and red show the areas where the risk of human induced desertification is higher. As it can be immediately seen, the most affected areas are along the equator line in Africa. Developing countries such as India and the Middle East and Eastern Europe are also thought to be affected.
  • This also goes together with natural deforestation and desertification.
  • Desertification and droughts are major causes of ecosystem losses and species mass migration or extinction.
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