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

Restoring degraded land around the world would cost a fraction of a percent of global GDP to fund, a new study shows, but the ...

Abdul Latif Rashid has called for more action on desertification, amid global concerns of land degradation that has affected agricultural productivity, caused pollution in waterways and resulted in ...

Once a shimmering 68,000-square-kilometer (26,000-square-mile) inland sea straddling Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea ...

Climate change and geopolitical conflicts are creating a global food crisis, affecting crop production, supply chains, and economic stability. As extreme weather disrupts agriculture and conflicts ...

"It has not only reduced the reliance on manual labor, but also significantly lowered operational costs and boosted ...

FORMER State Bank governor Shamshad Akhtar shares a light moment with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during a panel ...

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), adopted in 1994, is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management ...

Consequently, it is challenging to quantify their role in risk mitigation, particularly on a global scale. Concurrently, this study’s findings, which assess the risk of desertification in specific ...