Map showing human induced soil degradation and erosion in Madagascar

This map has been adapted from FAO AGL (The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization's Land and Plant Nutrition Mangement Service) materials. All data is copyright � FAO AGL 2004.

FAO /AGL National Soil Degradation Maps:
Severity of Humaned Induced Soil Degradation in MADAGASCAR

Severity	Mapped	Mapped	Population	Population %	Population density	Wasteland	Infrequent	Common	Frequent	Very frequent	Dominant	Degraded	Degraded %
		(km2)				(km2)	(km2)	(km2)	(km2)	(km2)	(km2)	(km2)
Light	4.6	27,094	2,038,844	13.5	75.25	-	677	-	-	-	-	677	0.11
Moderate	24.5	145,153	4,904,488	32.4	33.79	-	553	-	22,143	-	-	22,696	3.82
Severe	48.2	286,007	6,613,660	43.7	23.12	-	-	-	28,376	31,313	29,173	88,862	14.97
Very Severe	21.9	130,081	1,478,656	9.8	11.37	-	-	-	-	22,275	49,828	72,103	12.14
Not Classified	0.9	5,367	109,156	0.7	20.34	5,367	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
TOTALS	100	593,702	15,144,804	100	25.51	5,367	1,230	0	50,519	53,588	79,001	184,338	31.05

Madagascar MAPS Index.



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