Desertification is a form of land degradation in drylands, by which the biological productivity of an area is reduced to a point of almost no return, becoming barren and inhospitable. The phenomenon ...

A touching video recently went viral online. In it, Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker in China who has dedicated decades to ...

The Plant a Tree in Minqin campaign aims to project vital areas for irrigation and agriculture with 1 million trees.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, elected for the presidency of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations ...

The executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) praised Egypt’s extensive efforts in combating desertification through land reclamation. In a meeting with ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) --Last week Mongolia signed the official agreement with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to host COP17 in its capital, Ulan Bataar, in 2026. COP17 refers ...

In the run-up to Rio+20, we called on children around the world to say what future they wanted for land and soil. The theme was the same as 2012’s World Day to Combat Desertification: Healthy soil ...

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 ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought underlines the urgent need to halt land degradation through global cooperation and innovative solutions – such as those offered by nuclear science.

On July 29 we reached "Earth Overshoot day," according to the Global Footprint Network report. This date marks the point when humanity has consumed all the natural resources that the Earth can ...

A memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions was not solar specific but the use of PV modules for shading, especially in agriculture, can reduce water consumption and help halt the ...