Poverty, desertification loom large over Arab world: Report
The region has also experienced increase in inaccessibility to potable water, decline in rangelands and increase in agricultural lands
UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released
Soil Organic Carbon, which is the plant and animal tissues at various states of decomposition in the soil, is a yardstick for sustainable land …
Land degradation in India hurts farmers and forest dwellers the most
More than half of the degraded land in the country is either rainfed farmland, responsible for the food security of the country, or forest land …
Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD
Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …
UNCCD CoP 14: 'Public-private partnership can help restore degraded lands'
Private players have skills to bring innovative technology which can help transform land, according to business leaders
Research can play a crucial role in combating desertification: Experts
Synergy between scientists, government and farming communities can help reclaim degraded lands
India lost 31% of grasslands in a decade
While area under grazing and common lands saw a decline between 2005 and 2015, croplands increased, according to a report India presented to UNCCD
How to fight deseritification: Here’s what the 15th COP to UNCCD agreed on
UNCCD COP15 adopts 38 decisions, including on tenure, migration and gender, that highlight the role of land in addressing multiple crises
Increasing population puts pressure on land and water too: UNCCD
Demand of water for agricultural purposes will double by 2050 due to increasing demands for food
Lexical conundrum: Desertification does not allude to deserts
Today, desertification just means a reduction in the productivity of the land that is not reversible
How communities in China helped keep desertification at bay
A fast-ageing population could deter efforts to achieve the United Nation’s target of zero land degradation by 2030
Desertification setting in across a quarter of India
Another 30% of the county’s land is undergoing degradation. What does this mean for the country where more than 60% peopel depends on …
100 million hectares of arable land lost yearly to degradation, shows UN report
Eastern and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean regions experience the most severe degradation
Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report
The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said
Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report
It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked
Desertification and grazing: Quash the dogma
Most policies to tackle desertification are bound to fail. The problem will get solved as soon as they become holistic
Poor agri, dietary practices have intensified climate change: IPCC
The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land shines a spotlight on food consumption, modern agricultural practices and …
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago — our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points
Before northern Africa dried out, its climate “flickered” between two stable climatic states before tipping permanently
Simply Put: Vladimir’s deterrent
UNCCD COP14: Experts stress the need to assess long-term drought impacts
World Bank, Water Global Practices release framework to assess benefits of proactive action vis-à-vis drought
UNCCD COP14 throws up innovative methods to fund drought mitigation
Commercialisation of basic livelihood and services like water and sanitation would generate sufficient funds to mitigate drought, they said
Local govts must be empowered to act against desertification: Developing nations
Lack of power devolution between state and local governments exacerbates the problem of degradation, say experts
Cold desert regions need special attention: Experts
The expanse of deserts in these regions appears to be growing because of progressive melting of glaciers due to climate change
In 4 years, India lost over 30 million hectares of healthy land to degradation: UN data
This is almost 10% of all the country's entire landmass
Deserts not deserted, but full of floral, faunal activity
These unforgiving lands may appear lifeless only to the unacquainted, but they are a unique and living ecosystem