LAND DEGRADATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Land degradation is a worrisome phenomenon that is closely related to climate change, contributing to the accentuation of climate change and at the same time being caused by it. Land degradation is mainly caused by human activities that lead to soil pollution or degradation, by agricultural practices, by forestry management, urbanization but also by extreme weather phenomena such as floods and droughts. Desertification is also a land degradation phenomenon that is caused by climate change and that contributes to intensifying climate change. This study aims to summarize the main causes leading to land degradation and which have a major contribution to the exacerbation of climate change, but also to identify the appropriate measures to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation. At the same time, this study identifies the main direct and indirect impacts of land degradation on people's way of life. Regarding the impact of climate change on land degradation, the study identifies ways in which climate change accentuates land degradation processes.