Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

Nearly one half of the planet's land mass is on the brink of turning into nonarable desert, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already-arid lands ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...

However, desertification is a perennial issue for the arid kingdom. "We are a desert country. We are exposed to the harshest mode of land degradation, which is desertification," deputy environment ...

More than five years after the Central Ground Water Board (North-Western region) warned that ‘Punjab will turn into a desert ...

China is "using the sun to fight the sand" in the latest chapter of its ongoing battle against "desertification". An "audacious" project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, will see the construction of 100 ...

The motivation for this resolution was the Parties' concern about the deteriorating situation of desertification in all regions, which has far-reaching implications for the attainment of the ...

Yahya's nomadic family has been forced off their land on the fringes of the Sahara, because of desertification. Through his story, the impacts of desertification and its causes are looked at. Stages 4 ...

HOHHOT - Deep in the Kubuqi desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, rows of blue solar panels glisten under ...

The final installment highlights the story of a role model for desertification control. For decades, Lu Qi, a Chinese scientist, has dedicated himself to combating desertification on the frontlines.

“The UAE joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Day to Combat Desertification onJune 17, and reiterate its commitment to itstheme “Don’t let our future dry up”, the minister ...