Land degradation prompted a loss of 2.54% to India's (GDP) in 2014-15

At the media training held ahead of UNCCD COP14 in August, Dr Pia Sethi, Senior Fellow, Forestry and Biodiversity Division, TERI emphasized that it will cost India far less to reclaim land than the costs it is incurring on account of land degradation. Almost 82% of this cost is due to degradation while land use change accounts for only 18% of the total, underlining the need for a twin focus on restoring degraded ecosystems and preventing further deterioration.

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