Desertification threatens 24% of the world's land area spanning 126 countries and impacts 35% of the global population. Yet mainstream global efforts to tackle desertification prioritize short-term ...

On July 29 we reached "Earth Overshoot day," according to the Global Footprint Network report. This date marks the point when humanity has consumed all the natural resources that the Earth can ...

Today, World Day to Combat Desertification, WWF and IUCN are asking Mediterranean national governments to combat desertification by restoring forest landscapes and the full range of environmental and ...

Strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, to address ...

As global temperatures rise and the human population expands, more of the planet is vulnerable to desertification, the permanent degradation of land that was once arable. While interpretations of the ...

Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his hand, looking for a sign of groundwater that in recent years has been in ...

Nearly half of the Caatinga, the only exclusively Brazilian biome, has been destroyed and 13% of its territory has already been lost to desertification. A project at Rio Grande do Norte Federal ...

Desertification, driven by climate change and unsustainable agricultural practices, is a significant environmental challenge in Kazakhstan. The Aral Sea region, severely affected by desertification, ...

(Ana Paula Cunha, Researcher// National Disaster Alerts and Monitoring Center) “That area we’ve identified of 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 miles) will grow to 15,000 square kilometres (5,791 square ...

Lagos State at the weekend restated the need for residents to take proactive measures to address land degradation and enhance resilience to drought. Commissioner for the Environment and Water ...

When many thousands of Iraqis turn on their taps “nothing comes out”, said Hayder Indhar for Phys.org. So dire is the country’s water crisis – 7 million of its citizens have reduced access to water, ...