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Abstract

Land degradation and desertification are important environmental problems in Asian countries and regions. Over the past 45 years, due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, large-scale deforestation and overgrazing, close to 20% of grassland and forest land in the Asia-Pacific region was affected by land degradation and desertification, which was more significant in Northeast Asia, especially Mongolia and China. In recent years, influence of frequent dust storms has spread to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago. A growing number of Asian countries have recognized the urgency and importance of combating desertification, actively accepted the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. In addition, some countries have begun to develop domestic action programs, such as China, Mongolia and so on. Therefore, accelerating technology development of monitoring and assessment of land degradation and desertification is both the premise and basis of scientific response to land degradation and desertification, and the inevitable choice of effective controlling land degradation and desertification.

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