Is drying up mainly because of industrial farming this, but also extreme droughts. Deforestation and over grazing have severely degraded once fertile soils, turning them into sand and dust. This man made destruction is called desertification, and its happening on a global scale by mid century 25 percent of the world soils will be affected. They dont have a solid base upon which peoples livelihoods can. They can depend on a lan. Everything else becomes for garrett. This is doctor barron, joseph, or lead scientist for the United Nations convention to combat desertification. His job is to find solutions to help the half of 1000000000 people was livelihoods are already hard hit by desertification and the other half. A 1000000000 who are at risk mostly in southeast asia, the middle east, the sahara region, at north africa. The good news, the situation is not hopeless. Lets take a look at saudi arabia. An initiative called the albania project has developed a system for regenerating the land