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The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), in conjunction with Wiley Publishing, today are excited to release the first issue of Restoration Ecology - Arid Lands (RE-AL). This new thematic series will focus on the restoration of drylands, including arid and semi-arid areas, one of the most challenging ecosystems in the…

Desertification happens when land that is fertile becomes arid due to the overexploitation of soil through human activity. A growing world population means that more land is required for living on, for growing food for both humans and animals. Meeting the demands and requirements means that good fertile land is being misused and abused and changing it into deserts. On World Day to Combat…

Desertification and Drought Day 2020, a United Nations observance day held on 17 June each year, will in 2020 focus on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption. Almost 75% of the land has been transformed from natural state globally due to increasing demand for food, feed and fibre. Land…

Fast fashion. You probably have heard of this word often. It means that the consumers buy and throw away clothes as easily as they eat fast food. Just take a good look at the clothes you are wearing now. Do you see the brand name, material type and washing instructions on the label? But there’s one thing missing from your shirt’s label, and that is ‘water.’

La giornata mondiale per la lotta alla desertificazione e alla siccità è una ricorrenza delle Nazioni Unite che si celebra ogni 17 giugno. Il suo scopo è quello di promuovere la consapevolezza pubblica degli sforzi internazionali per combattere la desertificazione e gli effetti della siccità ed è l’occasione per ricordare a tutti che la neutralità del degrado del suolo è raggiungibile attraverso…

COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it jumps between animals and people, and is therefore closely connected to the lands both inhabit. Human and economic activity js eroding wild spaces, forests and other important ecosystems, bringing us closer to “reservoir hosts”—animals and plants that can harbour diseases. In this interview, Frank Turyatunga, Deputy Director of the United Nations…