Desertification is a type of land degradation that occurs in dry-land ecosystems ... In physical geography, the dunes are sand hills built by an accumulation of sand through wind and water ...

China — among the countries severely affected by desertification — launched the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program in 1978 to combat the issue. The appropriate combination of germplasm resources, ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...

the United Nations General Assembly declared the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification. More about the purpose ...

The motivation for this resolution was the Parties' concern about the deteriorating situation of desertification in all regions, which has far-reaching implications for the attainment of the ...

Italy's cities are undergoing a process of "retail desertification" according to a report released on Friday. The study by ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...

A study using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has identified the optimal planting density for Mongolia pine plantations in ...

China is "using the sun to fight the sand" in the latest chapter of its ongoing battle against "desertification". An "audacious" project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, will see the construction of 100 ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) --Last week Mongolia signed the official agreement with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to host COP17 in its capital, Ulan Bataar, in 2026.