Spain worries over ‘lifeless land’ amid creeping desertification

Ongoing droughts and an over-exploitation of land for both agriculture and industry have stoked fears in Spain over the creeping spread of “sterile soil” which could devastate Europe’s kitchen garden. “There used to be a holm oak forest here.. but now the land is barren,” says Gabriel del Barrio, pointing to a hill where only […]

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