RFERL:

Increase in the volume of desertification and reduction of vegetation, combined with other problematic factors, have led to the invasion of haze in most provinces in Iran.

Eight million hectares, out of 35 million hectares of deserts across the country, are threatened by dust storms, turning them into the centers of wind erosion, the official news agency (IRNA) reported on Monday, January 14.

Wind erosion damages the land and natural vegetation by removing soil from one place and depositing it in another. It causes soil loss, dryness, and deterioration of soil structure, nutrient and productivity losses, and air pollution.

Tangible reduction of the vegetation in desert regions, according to IRNA, is one of the essential causes of the increase of wind erosion regions in Iran.

Meanwhile, the country is struggling with the problem of "intensified desertification", constant drought, and reduced precipitation.

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