Summary
They fixed an area as big as two France countries, but need to fix much more. 🌎
Too much dry heat and fires make the land hurt, and that is because of climate change. 🔥
Key Points
4 points1
Restored land equals about 124 million hectares.
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That's only about 10% of what countries promised.
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Around 40% of the world's land is still hurt.
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Mongolia has the most hurt land, about 77%.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsdegradation
when land becomes damaged and not healthy
rehabilitated
fixed or made better again
biodiversity
many different kinds of plants and animals living together
overgrazing
when animals eat too many plants in one place
desertification
when land turns into desert because it loses its soil and plants
pledges
promises made by countries
investment
spending money to get a good result later
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