Impacts
The state of a prolonged period of little to no rain.
What is a drought?
This is the main reason people are hesitant to fix deforestation.
What is costliness?
When the Earth gets gradually hotter over the years due to trapped greenhouse gases.
What is global warming?
The number of people that are needed to make a difference.
What is one?
The simplest thing you can do to make a difference.
What is planting a tree?
This happens because there are less roots holding the soil in place.
What is soil erosion?
Fixing one hectare of this would cost $40.
What is range land?
When land is grazed on too much or too often by livestock.
What is overgrazing?
The number of years it took the couple to replant the forest.
What is 20?
The process of fixing deforested or desertified land.
What is reforestation?
The main type of renewable energy that is lost when there are less trees.
What is biomass?
Fixing one hectare of this would cost $400.
What is crop land?
The country that the couple was from.
What is Brazil?
Trees and bushes that are planted to help decrease soil erosion.
What are windbreaks?
Farmers would be deprived of money because of this.
What is crop failure?
Fixing one hectare of this would cost $2,000.
What is irrigated land?
Certain farming techniques that are inefficient and harmful to the environment.
What are unsustainable agricultural practices?
The number of trees that the couple planted over the years.
What is 2 million?
This can be used to help poor people learn about the effects of desertification.
What is education?
This is caused by a decrease of jobs in the foresting industry.
What is a loss of income?
The cost of fixing desertification worldwide.
What is 213 billion dollars?
People living in this situation are less educated about the effects of desertification.
What is poverty?
The amount of trees per year that the couple planted.
What is 10,000?