Nearly 1billion of the poorest and most marginalized people, who live in the most vulnerable areas, may be the most severely affected by desertification. The Millennium Assessment found that in ...

While interpretations of the term desertification vary ... farming is common across many of the affected regions. More than 75 percent of Earth's land area is already degraded, according to ...

approximately 14.81% of Central Asia's drylands experienced desertification. Notably, natural factors accounted for 69.1% of the total desertified area, while human activities contributed 30.9%.

Desertification (land degradation and sand encroachment) is one the most severe environmental problems facing China. The area affected, which is 4.38 million sq km or about 45 percent of China's ...

China is one of the most affected nations ... term" to prevent "desert encroachment" on urban areas or fertile, arable land. China's desertification has been "primarily caused by human activities ...

It reduces food production, depletes water sources, and forces populations to migrate to more hospitable areas ... desertification, has been impacting various countries globally and is feared to ...

While China’s desertification control work had shown an “overall and accelerated improvement”, he warned large areas were still affected and urged officials to understand that it would need ...

Mongolia has a total land area of 1,564,116 square kilometres, but only around 8% is covered by forests. Around 77% of Mongolia's total territory has been affected by desertification and land ...

Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more people around the globe than any other?The answer, according the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is drought.The past 10 ...

US' fastest-growing metro area is running out of water ...