The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ...

By Clare Nuttall in Astana Kazakhstan has proposed a regional “Green Shield of Central Asia” initiative to combat ...

G7 environment ministers in Paris have excluded climate change from their agenda to placate the United States, which has ...

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Unlike the Taklimakan Desert, often described as a “Sea of Death” due to its extreme aridity and highly mobile dunes, the ...

Kazakhstan has put forward a 'Green Shield of Central Asia' initiative to combat desertification through coordinated forest belts, while Johnson County, Iowa, will delay deploying emergency vehicles ...

Decades of continuous efforts followed, and Ningxia eventually became the first provincial-level region in China to reverse desertification. China's battle against desertification has unfolded on an ...

Nearly one half of the planet's land mass is on the brink of turning into nonarable desert, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already-arid lands are ...

Desertification puts the health and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk, according to the United Nations. Because dryland desertification can be remedied or ...

A Chinese scientist dedicated to combating desertification has been awarded the Champions of the Earth, the UN's highest environmental honor, marking the first time a Chinese recipient has been ...

Bonn, Germany, 21 February 2024 – This year’s Desertification and Drought Day, observed on 17 June, will focus on the future of land stewardship. Every second, an equivalent of four football fields of ...