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D’après Ibrahim Thiaw, le Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la lutte contre la désertification, la dégradation de la nature explique en partie la vulnérabilité de la région du Sahel exposée au terrorisme. Ibrahim Thiaw est sous-secrétaire général des Nations unies et Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la lutte contre la désertification. Pour lui, la célébration de la Journée…

"L’homme a voulu dominer la nature et c’est un petit virus qui nous a rappelé à l’ordre" (Thiaw) "Le temps de la nature", c’est le thème de la journée internationale de l'environnement 2020 - alors que l’humanité entière est confrontée à une menace qu'est le nouveau coronavirus (Covid-19). Notre invité, Ibrahim Thiaw, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention de l'ONU sur la lutte contre la…

Google has joined forces with WWF to develop an environmental data platform for sourcing professionals in the fashion industry, providing them information on the pollution and emissions impact of their business decisions. The new tool will leverage Google’s cloud, machine learning and big-data analysis technologies to track the environmental impact of fashion’s most commonly-used materials –…

Do migrants willingly choose to flee their homes, or is migration the only option available? There is no clear, one-size-fits-all explanation for a decision to migrate — a choice that will be made today by many people worldwide, and by an ever-rising number in years to come because of a lack of access to water, climate disasters, a health crisis and other problems. Data are scarce on…

ERD (Environment Research and Development) planted 5,000 trees in five schools in Garoua, an arid city in northern Cameroon. In the process, the organization trained 2,500 students and 278 adults in the sustainable management of green spaces. A GEF-funded project to combat desertification in the northern part of Cameroon. Desert landscapes have given way to greenery in the public…

Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations. Desertification does not refer to the expansion of existing deserts. It occurs because dryland ecosystems, which cover over one third of the world's land area, are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation and inappropriate land use. Poverty,…