LANZHOU — A newly published study has helped advance the understanding of the internal key physiological mechanisms of ...

Desertification puts the health and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk, according to the United Nations. Because dryland desertification can be remedied or ...

The effects of climate change are leading to a drastic decline in cereal production this year, a crucial sector for the ...

Researchers have measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyses the environmental impact of human activities, and which now ...

Imagine you’re on the edge of the Sahara Desert, trying to research the problem of desertification–the spread of new deserts onto farmland and into communities. You need data, but you’re facing ...

Increasing vegetation cover is one of the vital programs, and in this regard, the capacity of the village councils and municipalities will be used, he said. There are about 32 million hectares of ...

If farms in these areas are not protected, agriculture will not be possible due to the influx of dust and dust storms, Mojtaba Akhavan, advisor to the head of the Natural Resources and Watershed ...

The UN spoke out strongly about desertification in Africa on Tuesday less than a week after Kenya’s government said 1.3 million citizens were facing starvation in drought-hit regions. The United ...

ISLAMABAD: Increasing desertification is turning vast swatches of fertile land into parched areas and poses a risk to the global environmental sustainability. It is also creating socio-economic ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, 20 September 2011, all Member States are invited to participate at the highest political level in the UN General Assembly high-level meeting on the theme, “Addressing desertification, land ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Drylands represent 40 per cent of the world's land mass ...