Since 1978, China has led an environmental campaign of historic proportions to combat desertification in its dry northern lands. This colossal effort, known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Program—or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some 500 miles west of Beijing, in the desert of the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a solar-power project is underway that is — ...

HOHHOT, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 December 2024 - China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration recently announced 40 forestry industry standards, among which the "Technical ...

This week marked the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, highlighting the importance of accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world. The IAEA ...

The United Nations General Assembly is dedicating a decade, from 2025 to 2034, to combating sand and dust storms—extreme weather conditions that pose serious environmental, economic, and human risks.

RIYADH — The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) has completed a study titled "Methods of Preventing Forest Fires and Addressing Their Impacts in the ...

While the Sahara Desert is an important ecosystem in its own right, its human neighbors in the Sahel would like it to stop encroaching on their environment. [Andrew Millison] took a look at how the ...

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 ...