Case Study: Desertification in Botswana

1. Desertification is basically once vegetated region has now lost all of its vegetation and soil fertility. This is generally caused by the lack of water or moisture in the soil, causing it to become dry and unusable for planting crops.

2. Botswana is literally on the latitude that the Tropic of Capricorn is, meaning itgets high temperatures and quite low rainfall. It is also surrounded by more desert, though isn't a true, real desert since it has quite a bit of vegetation. Botswana's region also has a very high evaporation rate of 7.5 mm maximum.

3. Human causes towards the desertification in Botswana are the overstocking of crops, increase of population of humans living there and cattle over the span of 20 years, land degradation and overgrazing because of the over abundance of cattle.

4. The land degradation is generally the biggest issue when solving the problem in Botswana, but there have been steps to combat the desertification, such as Botswana joining the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1996. It would later make the National Action Programme (NAP) in 2006, which outlines strategies and activities in combat the issues in Botswana.