UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...

Worldwide, farming is responsible for more than 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and uses more than 70% of all fresh water taken from rivers, lakes and groundwater. It's the leading driver of ...

A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...

They found that, even with improvements in agricultural productivity (due to technological improvements like new seed ...

A Sh1.7 billion initiative has been launched to restore degraded land, create jobs and boost climate resilience. Restore Local, led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), aims to support local ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 14 December — After two weeks of intense negotiations on how to tackle land degradation, desertification and drought, the largest and most inclusive United Nations land ...

Soil erosion, the most common type of land degradation, is a process that removes the upper layer of soil, from which plants get most of their nutrients and water. When this fertile layer, called the ...

COP16 in Riyadh focuses on global land degradation, food security, and sustainable management, urging countries to adopt LDN targets.

Land degradation is turning fertile areas into deserts at an alarming rate. Efforts to restore and reforest these arid regions are crucial.

A major new scientific report was launched December 1, a day ahead of the opening of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16).

According to the UNCCD, the global area impacted by land degradation – approx. 15 million km², more than the entire continent of Antarctica or nearly the size of Russia – is expanding each ...