COMMENT: Burying our heads in the sand by refusing to confront reality is not a viable option – we need to discuss planned migration linked to global warming
NEWS: Diplomats strike ‘breakthrough’ deal to halt degradation of world’s terrain from 2030, but US$30bn price tag looms large
NEWS: Initiatives like the Great Green Wall can provide livelihoods in dry regions to support growing populations, say advocates
NEWS: As cities expand, scientists predict an increase in urban land vulnerable either to flooding or drought by 2030
NEWS: Green Climate Fund should prioritise land restoration projects in sun-Saharan Africa, says head of UN desertification agency
Scientists have discovered that a change in atmospheric conditions could have serious consequences for soil chemistry
Report released at UN land degradation summit in Namibia calls on governments to place economic value on soil, water, and trees
UN desertification chief Luc Gnacadja says this week’s UN climate science review should encourage governments to rapidly boost their environmental efforts
UNCCD chief Luc Gnacadja says land degradation is now a “critical” issue with huge economic and social implications
Simple, cheap and quick to construct – small walls trapping seasonal rainwater can save Africa’s dryland regions from desertification
Writing for RTCC on Desertification Day 2013, UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says it’s time to address this increasingly serious issue
UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says International Day of Forests should be used to highlight importance of land management
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Writing for RTCC, Holger Hoff from the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that it’s time countries in the MENA region develop joint energy and water strategies
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UNCCD Executive Secretary explains why the role business will play in combating desertification is so important.
Will gender inequality continue to hamper the move towards sustainable development?
Talking to RTCC at the Bonn Climate Talks, UNCCD’s Sergio Bonilla calls for agriculture, land and soil to be central to talks both under the UNFCCC and at Rio this June.