The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has issued the national action plan on combating desertification through 2030, with a vision to 2050.

In northern Bahia state, 35 communities have come together to conserve and recover close to 100,000 acres of Caatinga dry forest in northeastern Brazil. With the Recaatingamento project, families ...

Desertification threatens 24% of the world's land area spanning 126 countries and impacts 35% of the global population. Yet ...

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 ...

Preventing and combating desertification is identified as a key task, helping with nature and biodiversity conservation, ...

UN talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land started in Saudi Arabia on Monday after scientists fired a stark warning over unsustainable farming and ...

Over 70% of Kuwait's land, approximately 11,300 sq km, is classified as deteriorated or desertified. The Environment Public Authority (EPA) is executing a national strategy through Vision 2035, aiming ...

Inigenous Yagua people are forced to travel long distances to fetch water after drought in the upper Amazon valley cut the river's flow by 90 percent, according to Colombian authorities. — Luis ACOSTA ...

Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP FRANCK FIFE Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP ...