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La lutte contre la dégradation des terres est un enjeu planétaire crucial qui donne un caractère d’urgence à la transition écologique de l’agriculture, affirme un collectif dont font partie Nicolas Hulot et Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The fight against land degradation is a crucial global issue that gives urgency to the ecological transition of agriculture, says a collective including…

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance each June 17. The purpose of this is to raise awareness of the existence of desertification and drought, highlighting methods of preventing land degradation and recovering from drought. Although most deserts, such as the Sahara in North Africa and the deserts of the southwestern US, Mexico, and Australia,…

As the population of the world expands, so does the need for land to live on, land to provide food, and land to grow fibre for clothing. All these requirements are fast leading to healthy and productive land becoming arid, and the shrinking of arable land. On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2020 we take a look at one of the initiatives taken to combat desertification. Also Read -…

Says 35% of country’s total land area threatened by desertification The government said it was also into collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO in implementing projects that address land degradation and desertification through sustainable land management for increased food security and support to communities to adapt. This was as it appealed to Nigerians to develop…

Getting back to basics on Desertification and Drought Day, the UNCCD challenges us to rethink how we use the land. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) brings people together to help put an end to land degradation that impacts over 1.3 billion people, and counting... Because while the amount of land available to farm is more or less fixed, the…

A Global Green New Deal could provide the means to achieve the SDGs’ ends. The US GND, as currently drafted in legislation before the US House of Representatives (H.Res.109) and US Senate (S.Res.59), suggests that it could provide an important step on the path to achieve both US national and global objectives. Much of the proposed GND’s support in the US comes from young people,…