Desertification
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Climate Change
Charting a path for global action on land and drought
The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, charting a path for…
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SDGs
Spirit of resilience braces desertification winds in Saudi Arabia
A low tech and sustainable solution to holding back advancing desert sands in eastern Saudi Arabia could help farming communities…
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Climate Change
Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm
Farmers in Saudi Arabia are being encouraged to adopt new irrigation techniques as water and land resources are put under…
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Climate Change
Holding the frontline against desertification
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and…
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Climate Change
‘No life without land’, says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive,” according to an Olympic athlete who has been…
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SDGs
Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part of corporate and financial…
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SDGs
Meet the ‘Land Heroes’ who are fighting desertification
From planting a billion trees in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, to exporting products from the moringa tree in Mali and…
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SDGs
The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained
Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune,…
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SDGs
Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will “increase levels of…
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Climate Change
Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land restoration
People around the world are facing devastating consequences as the land that supports livelihoods, helps to regulate climate and protect…
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