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land degradation — English
reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, or the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain-fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands, resulting from land uses or from a process, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns such as: i. soil erosion caused by wind and/or water; ii. deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; iii. long-term loss of natural vegetation
