Save Soil's map of different levels of land degradation around the globe in 2019. Save Soil It also helps improve water filtration and provides habitats for insects that may be beneficial to the soil.

An international research team has developed the world's first 30-meter resolution dataset to track changes in land productivity, a crucial tool for fighting global land degradation. Published in ...

A team of researchers has developed an innovative approach that maps the soil salt contentaround the world with an exceptional detail of 10 meters.  ...

Land degradation undermining Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity; Failure to reverse it will pose challenges for generations; 7 of 9 planetary boundaries are negatively impacted by ...

With land degradation entering the global conversation around sustainability, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aims to advance the ...

Land degradation is directly and indirectly impacting seven planetary boundaries; six of these are already transgressed and progressing deeper into the “high risk zone” potentially leading to ...

Efforts to reverse deforestation and land degradation are moving in the wrong direction, exposing the hollowness of United Nations pledges. October 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT By Lara Williams ...

Land degradation, desertification and drought: Land restoration the only solution Jinesh Sindurakar. By Jinesh Sindurakar. Published: 10:43 am Jun 06, 2024 .

It revealed that human activity has degraded approximately 1.66 billion hectares of land worldwide, with over 60% of the degradation affecting agricultural areas such as croplands and pastures.

The UNCCD further stressed that around 1.5 billion hectares of land globally — roughly 150 times the size of the Philippines — must be restored by 2030 to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world.