China has morphed into a green powerhouse over the past decade, and their push to fight desertification is doing more than ...

(CN) – The growing threat of desertification and its effects on European land, especially in the Mediterranean regions, are being poorly monitored and prepared for by the European Commission, ...

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 ...

With more lands around the world facing increasing deterioration and degradation, the United Nations General Assembly declared the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against ...

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 ...

Glance out the window while descending into Lanzhou — the capital city of China’s northwestern Gansu province — and there will be a seemingly endless expanse of desert and arid mountains, with hardly ...

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 ...

KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — 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 ...

(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 ...

Life in the Sahel, a semi-arid region of Africa stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, is at threat from persistent degradation of land as the increasing population inflicts ever-greater ...

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

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, ...