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Damage to land feeds migration and conflict – UN official

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LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Vast swathes of land, from Africa to the Middle East, are being left useless by climate shifts and human pressures such as deforestation, mining and farming, threatening to hike migration and conflict, a senior UN environmental official warned. The accelerating damage could cost the global economy a staggering $US23 trillion by 2050 […]