Nearly one half of the planet's land mass is on the brink of turning into nonarable desert, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already-arid lands are ...

Drought, desertification and land degradation are in focus this week at the United Nation’s COP16 conference in Saudi Arabia.

Multilateral lender Climate Investment Funds will back a $500 million plan to help drought-prone Ethiopia restore degraded ...

From 2002 to 2023, Xingu Indigenous Park lost 15 percent of its primary forest, equaling 368,000 hectares (900,000 acres), ...

Indigenous communities in Connecticut and Palestinians—have faced environmental degradation as a consequence of displacement and dispossession.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has stressed the urgent need for international ...

Negotiations on a global drought regime are set to dominate the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations ...

Global leaders, experts, and stakeholders gather in Riyadh for COP16 to address the urgent crisis of land degradation, ...

The impacts of logging in the Global North are being felt in countries like Nigeria - a more equitable, coordinated approach ...

The UN summit in Riyadh focuses on tackling global drought, land degradation, and water scarcity. A new report estimates ...

Palestine, renowned for its ancient, terraced hillsides, fertile plains, bountiful olive trees and diverse ecosystems, is facing ecocide. Ecocide, which is the deliberate and systematic destruction of ...

Central Asia faces a critical soil degradation crisis, exacerbated by climate change and unsustainable practices, threatening ...