Desertification is a type of land ... can damage soil health by not allowing sufficient time for soil nutrients to be replenished. Over-tilling (stirring soil too often or too deeply) can also ...

Desertification, land degradation and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with up to 40 ... that Nigeria has lost over 90 per cent of its total forest reserve ...

Over the past half-century ... which U.N. officials have called “the greatest environmental challenge of our time.” Yet in most drylands, this anticipated desertification has not happened. Rather than ...

A study led by Prof. Tao Hui from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

The Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD ... a strong marker of awareness, it's now time for companies to take action," said Kevin ...

For the first time, the aridity crisis has been documented ... according to the landmark report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Over the same period, drylands expanded ...

Droughts come and go – more often and more extreme with the incessant rise of greenhouse gas emissions over the last three ... faster than it is formed, and desertification is growing year ...

The World Atlas of Desertification warns that 75 percent ... Within the checkerboards, the surface of the sand forms a hard crust over time which prevents the sand from moving.

These woodlots would allow individuals and businesses to plant between 200,000 and over 1 million trees for ... northern regions face the challenge of desertification, central parts of the country ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called it a "moonshot moment": a 12-day meeting for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ... at a parlous time for the COP ...

After the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, in October, and the Climate Convention in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November, the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD ...