This guidance document explains that mountain soils are particularly susceptible to climate change, deforestation, unsustainable farming practices and resource extraction methods that affect their fertility and trigger land degradation, desertification and disasters such as floods and landslides.
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Organization: FAO
Theme: Adaptation
Topics: Agriculture and Food, Environment, Land Use Management, Adaptation
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English