Desertification is a significant problem for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of Earth, whereby grasslands and shrublands become a comparatively barren desert as vegetation disappears over ...

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 ...

Desertification is a type of land degradation. It occurs when drylands become increasingly arid or desert-like. Desertification doesn’t necessarily mean that these water-scarce regions will transform ...

Desertification threatens 24% of the world's land area spanning 126 countries and impacts 35% of the global population. Yet mainstream global efforts to tackle desertification prioritize short-term ...

Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world's population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area. But in many places, climate change and ...

In recent years, Mongolia has made major leaps in managing and improving its environmental policies. Mongolia’s heavy dependence on its natural resource extraction along with misuse has created ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was observed on 17 June, highlighting the challenges of serious drought and desertification, and raising awareness of the importance of sustainable ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Southeast Australia has been getting hotter and drier. Droughts ...

Glance out the window while descending into Lanzhou — the capital city of China’s northwestern Gansu province — and there will be a seemingly endless expanse of desert and arid mountains, with hardly ...

With more lands around the world facing increasing deterioration and degradation, the United Nations General Assembly declared the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against ...