This is the area the UN says could be rehabilitated. Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land loses much of its biological — and economic — productivity, and becomes ...

During the Decade, all actors are called upon to raise awareness about desertification, land degradation and drought and their solutions. The Decade campaign is intended to reinforce the ...

Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we can’t eat money – Chief Seattle Chief Seattle, a Red Indian chief could not ...

A drastic shortage of winter rains and snowfalls has raised deep concerns over the increasing risk of desertification and ...

Desertification is worsening the situation, ravaging more than 75 per cent of land in the northern, western and southern regions. This has reduced vegetation cover, accelerated land degradation ...

More than $12 billion was pledged to address desertification, land degradation and drought worldwide, especially in the most vulnerable countries, through cooperation and development projects. The ...

desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems which was released in August 2019. IPCC reports are the authoritative ...

The World Economic Forum defines "desertification" as "a type of land degradation in which an already relatively dry land area becomes increasingly arid, degrading productive soil and losing its ...

combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. Experts use nuclear techniques involving certain types of atoms called isotopes, such as nitrogen-15 and carbon-13 ...

The implementation of the NAGGW initiative has never been as intense and deliberate as it is under the administration of its ...

“to forge a global partnership to reverse and prevent desertification/land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and ...

What is Desertification? Desertification is a type of land degradation that occurs in dry-land ecosystems that occurs. This global phenomena is formed by a combination of both natural and human causes ...