Pakistan was added to a list of 23 nations suffering drought crises by the United Nations on Sunday. In the previous two years, 23 nations, including Pakistan, have faced drought crises, according to a UNCCD report.
Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Pakistan, United States, and Zambia are among the 23 nations included in the study.
According to the analysis, an additional 4 million square kilometers would need to be repaired by 2050, and poorer nations will require immediate investment. According to the United Nations Global Land Outlook, Pakistan is experiencing desertification. Sustainable Land Management Provides Control in Pakistan, productive land is scarce: 80 percent of the area is dry or semi-arid. Unsustainable land management practices, along with rising demand for natural resources, are causing land degradation and desertification, which is fueled by a fast growing and primarily rural population that relies on dry lands for survival.
In 2007, the Pakistani government began launching a Sustainable Land Management program throughout nine dry land areas to address these issues. Over the course of eight years, 120 square kilometers of degraded rangeland were recovered through reseeding and community-based grazing management, while an additional 80 square kilometers were restored through sustainable rainfed agriculture and water conservation techniques.
The project was expanded and rolled out more widely in 2015, with water control and storage structures, shelterbelts and rangeland management plans, restoration of degraded dry land forest (e.g., community tree nurseries and plantations for domestic fuel), and sand dune stabilization measures all being used. As a consequence, approximately 200 square kilometers of enhanced soil health, increased availability to water for animals, and less wind erosion helped nearly 13,000 families directly or indirectly.
The program’s success inspired the Billion Trees Afforestation Project in Pakistan’s hilly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which restored 3,500 square kilometers of damaged land and woods in just two years.
In 2018, the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program – the world’s biggest reforestation program – was launched in Pakistan as part of a package of nature-based remedies to combat desertification and climate change.
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