13th century kings aggravate land degradation in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s complex feudal history means farmers still unwilling to plant trees, hastening the country’s extreme land degradation
Land Degradation
See allComment: Why it’s important we give the REDD mechanism a chance
REDD+ aims to deploy market forces to combat deforestation and land degradation. But is it working, and should we really put a price on trees and forests? Tara O’Shea from the Code REDD scheme argues it’s the best way forward.
USA and Brazil block talks at UN desertification summit
Countries object to proposals aimed at developing new set of indicators to measure land degradation