This makes poverty worse. The shrinking of Lake Chad shows how desertification affects water sources, leading to migration. The effects on society are huge. When farming fails, people move to cities.

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

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 ...

Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size. The basin is an indication on the effects of desertification occuring across the country. Human conditions ...

In 2024, banking desertification took a leap forward, with 508 closed branches and 82 municipalities without branches. The ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

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 ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification has been observed since 1995 to promote public awareness relating to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought.