Desertification threatens 24% of the world's land area spanning 126 countries and impacts 35% of the global population. Yet ...

Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990. Droughts come and go – more often and more extreme with the incessant rise of greenhouse gas emissions over the last three decades – but ...

Preventing and combating desertification is identified as a key task, helping with nature and biodiversity conservation, ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has issued the national action plan on combating desertification through 2030, ...

Located in the south of Brazil’s Piauí state, the municipality of Gilbués is one of four zones in the country currently experiencing desertification. The affected area covers 805 km2 (311 mi2) of ...

Cameroon has 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of degraded land including 26,029 hectares (about 64,000 acres) around two national parks Bénoué and Faro in the North region. Large human and ...