Desertification is a process of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and moderately humid areas. Being present on every continent, the scientists believe it to be the result of climatic variations and human activity. The topic of this paper is desertification of the island of Pag. The goal of the paper is to emphasise the island's potential desertification issue, as well as explore its causes. The paper retrospects on the history, agriculture, tourism and the economy of the island and explore what effect these activities had on the spread and occurrence of desertification in the past, as well as today. The prior and current situation are compared and contrasted in order to analyse the changes that occurred. In addition, future desertification on the island of Pag is projected, as well as consequences of prior desertification and possible measures towards amelioration of the current situation. Sources used during the production of paper include secondary sources alongside statistical data. This topic is currently relevant because of the growing rate of natural resource exploitation which, in turn, leads to erosion, degradation of soil and land, as well as the reduction of biodiversity.