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Highlights: 1) Early warning maps were prepared by evaluating changes in the key indicators of desertification. 2) The research indicates that desertification is the result of humans' misuse of natural resources. 3) Roughly 78 percent of the study area was under warning for intensification of desertification. Desertification is a dynamic and complex system of land…

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake provides a detailed review of SDS methods used to control dust from Owens Lake in California, USA.A need to control dust from Owens Lake originated from the diversion of water from the Owens Lake basin to Los Angeles leading to Owens Lake becoming a…

Taking specific steps to transform national food supply systems can help countries achieve climate goals and limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, a new joint UN report on climate action has found. Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions for Food Systems, published on Tuesday, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), WWF, EAT, and Climate Focus, also reveals that nations are missing…

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the status and implementation progress of the GGW, accounting for land restoration progress made on the ground as well as for financial resources allocated to the Initiative. This stocktaking exercise captures the implementation status of the GGW in the eleven founding states: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger…

Recent major international reports have highlighted the alarming impact of food production systems on climate change, land and biodiversity. This report shows that common ground between the agriculture and conservation sectors for mutually beneficial action exists, and that there is great potential for widespread adoption of sustainable agricultural practices that can meet our needs for food,…

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2021 to 2030 as the decade of ‘ecosystem restoration’, signalling a global consensus on the urgency to restore degraded lands. Restoring degraded lands is critical to regain lost ecological functionality that underpins life-sustaining ecosystem services, such as the provision of food, fresh water, and fibre, and the regulation of climate, natural…