Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further degradation must be stopped to prevent ...

Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species extinctions and intensifying climate change. It is also a major ...

Image for representation ... land degradation, and environmental draw down. Globally, the annual losses of ecosystem services due to land degradation has been estimated at $6 trillion.

Desertification eating into agricultural land in India, satellite images show A report from the Isro says land degradationbroadly defined as loss of productivityis estimated at 96 million hectares ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Just like diagnosing human illness, scientists are using soil health indicators to identify and reverse soil degradation, ensuring our planet remains fertile and ...

The UN predicts over 50 million people will move house by 2020 because their land has turned to desert. This is already happening in Senegal, writes Laeila Adjovi.

The minister said according to the Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India (2021), an area of 97.85 million hectares (29.77%) of the total geographic area is under degradation.