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Desertification in Bangladesh

Of the environmental issues, desertification is the greatest challenge for Bangladesh. About 43 percent of the total geographical area is affected by various forms and degrees of degradation. In drier parts of Bangladesh, low soil fertility is recognized to be at the root of land degradation leading to desertification. The western-northwestern part of the country is considered as the drier region as total rainfall in the region is low. Land degradation due to aridity and loss of crops due to drought has caused consider able economic losses and human sufferings in Bangladesh. Like other countries, Bangladesh is facing the threat of land degradation. Due to different types of land degradation, Bangladesh has lost hundreds of billions of Taka yearly. It is high time conscious efforts are made to minimize land degradation in Bangladesh, a small country with only 1, 47,570 sq. km and about 140 million people. To meet up the demand of the present and forthcoming generation there is need to bring more land under agriculture and increase productivity. Bangladesh is the largest delta on earth created by alluvial deposits of the world's three large rivers - the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna. Despite receiving high total rainfall, the country is threatened by desertification. The process of desertification has been evident in different regions. About 53,760 km2 areas in the southern region has been affected by salinity hazards, increased urbanization and industrialization. In Madhupur tract, nearly 12,505 km2 areas are affected by over exploitation of vegetation resources and overgrazing and in Barind tract, about 1,267 km2 areas are degraded by improper utilization of lands.
 * Zatanna (talk) 13:29, 14 December 2020 (UTC)