Land degradation and desertification remain critical environmental challenges in Nigeria, particularly in the northern region ...

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...

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 ...

What is desertification? Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land loses much of its biological -- and economic -- productivity, and becomes desert. Today, up to 40% of ...

WWF is proud to have helped develop the RAA and will closely monitor its implementation process (next steps are in discussion). More than $12 billion was pledged to address desertification, land ...

Soil degradation can have disastrous effects around the world such as landslides and floods, an increase in pollution, desertification and a decline in global food production. One of the biggest ...

ULAN BATOR, March 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 840 hectares of forest and about 1.388 million hectares of steppe have been destroyed by wildfire since the beginning of spring in Mongolia, the country's ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, up to 40 per cent of the planet’s land is degraded, directly affecting half of the world’s population. The number and duration of ...