This is spain world famous for its football culinary art bullfights architecture beaches and the list goes on you would be surprised to know Spain still has a king it has a national anthem with no words it has the third largest number of UNESCO sites in the world and very soon it is going to be a dessert yes a desert surprised then you must read this blog till the end we tell you the telltale signs of how desertification is
underway faster than we assumed let's first understand what is desertification it is characterized by a severe degradation of the soil causing it to lose its productive capacity global warming drives the rise in temperatures leading to water evaporation this causes more wildfires human activities too are to be blamed the biggest culprit being intensive farming sample this Almeria is a city in southeast Spain despite its own
very dry climate it has transformed itself into Europe's vegetable garden through its forty thousand hectares of greenhouses which produce thousands of tons of tomatoes peppers and cucumber all year round this was drop producing areas are exacerbating the problem by using groundwater and depleting the vegetation but yes this is also true that Spain won't become a desert like Sahara with kilometers of sand
dunes and all that's not going to be the case but the situation is alarming the United Nations convention to combat his certification reports that 75 percent of Spain's land is facing climatic conditions that pose a risk of desertification making it the most endangered European nation concerning this issue the solution Farmers have been encouraged to use manure instead of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to limit the
damages to the soil they are also using plant matter to cover the soil in order to conserve moisture when it rains environmental associations are pushing for new ways of farming by reducing irrigated areas and using troughs that consume less water Swain's tourism is the backbone of the economy and it has seen significant growth over the past two decades home to worlds top tourist destinations Spain will have to brace itself for stricter means to save its soil to ward off challenges in the decades to come .
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