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Representing nearly 41% of the land above sea level, arid zones are home to more than two billion people who suffer from the ongoing degradation of the land and soil that provide them sustenance. Owing to desertification and droughts, nearly twelve million hectares of land are no longer arable each year. It is urgent to halt this trend related to unsustainable uses of the land, unfavorable…

The Laudato Tree Project promotes the role of trees in sustaining biodiversity, offsetting carbon emissions and combatting soil erosion. Links have been established with the Great Green Wall, an African initiative to combat desertification across the African continent and, in this context, the United Nations Convention to Combat Deserification UNCCD will partner with the Laudato Tree Project.

Forestry at the dry edge of forest existence has been a long-lasting interest to arid land residents. Current land-use and climate changes have broadened this interest to the global society, seeking for improved tree and forestdrought resistance across biomes. Within this transition, Israel is a hub for scientific research and testing ground alike. Israel is a small country, spanning over arid,…

This report details the steps that are taken to combat desertification in China. These steps include: 1. Integrated control: The combination of biological measures with engineering measures, key control with reginal control and artificial treatment with natural rehabilitation 2. Scientific control 3. Control by law: Enhanced incentive and constraint…

This report details afforestation and landscape restoration projects in 6 provinces in the north of China: Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang