In order to prevent and reverse desertification, major policy interventions and changes in management approaches are needed. ... In areas where desertification processes are at the early stages or are relatively minor, it is possible to stop the process and restore key services in the degraded areas.
Can people reverse desertification?
Holistic Planned Grazing, or Management Intensive Grazing (MiG), gives rise to a planned grazing strategy that has been proven to reverse desertification. This practice has worked in many arid and semi-arid regions of world where desertification has occurred.
How can we cure desertification?
Strategies to reduce desertification
- Planting more trees - the roots of trees hold the soil together and help to reduce soil erosion from wind and rain.
- Improving the quality of the soil - this can be managed by encouraging people to reduce the number of grazing animals they have and grow crops instead.
