Brasilia, BRAZIL (AP) — A justice on Brazil ‘s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found responsible for illegal deforestation or ...

Meanwhile, in remote villages of Sokoto State, farmers abandoned ancestral lands as advancing desertification rendered once-fertile ... Delta’s mangrove forests to the northern savannahs.

Since this spring, over 30,000 volunteers from across China have planted over 1.5 million trees to combat desertification in Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province.