The vegetation cover is considered one of the important vital indicators in the field of combating desertification, as it indicates negatively or positively the reality of desertification in any patch of desert lands. The vegetation cover also has indicators of the environmental and climatic condition.

The current state of the vegetation cover at the level of the Iraqi Badia is considered degraded in a very large way, as the barren areas represent the vast majority of the total area of the desert, in contrast to the areas that enjoy good vegetation coverage, as they constitute only a very small part of the total area of the desert and are considered random and scattered to an extent..It is worth noting that the areas that enjoy this coverage are exposed to harsh conditions that are heading towards severe deterioration, which portends dire consequences on the level of exacerbation of the phenomenon of desertification in Iraq. Among these conditions we mention:

 1- Severe and frequent dehydration

 2-   Overgrazing of growing plants

3-   Logging

The most important negative outcomes of the deterioration of vegetation cover:

The deterioration of vegetation cover has a significant negative impact on the economic , social,  and environmental levels. As for the economic aspect, as it constitutes the basic building block for the formation of pastures, which are considered one of the most important renewable natural resources in the Iraqi Badia, on which a large sector of sheep breeders in the Badia depend for grazing purposes. This decline led to a significant deterioration in livestock and we began to witness a significant decrease in the number of herds, as we witnessed the demise of