Land use and abuse in South-east Asia have implications for global climate change: Experts

University of Bonn's Dr Alisher Mirzabaev, author of the desertification chapter in the upcoming IPCC report, said desertification is a process of land degradation in dryland areas.

"Besides climate and climate change-related factors, human activities drive desertification," he said, pointing to examples such as unsustainable land management, overgrazing of rangelands by livestock and deforestation due to agricultural expansion.

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