Summary
They have fixed an area about the size of two France countries, but they promised to fix much more.
Scientists say climate change makes fires and droughts happen more often.
A big meeting in Mongolia will talk about how to fix more land.
Key Points
4 points1
Restored land: 124.3 million hectares (about two France-sized areas).
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Only 10.4% of the total restoration promises have been met.
3
Up to 40% of global land is degraded, affecting food and water.
4
Mongolia faces severe land damage, with about 77% degraded.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsdegradation
damage that makes land less healthy
rehabilitated
made better again
biodiversity
different kinds of plants and animals living together
overgrazing
animals eating too many plants in one spot
desertification
land turning into desert because it loses soil and plants
pledges
promises made by countries
investment
spending money now to get good results later
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