The COP16 summit in Riyadh, led by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), put a spotlight on the severe ...

The interface between science and policy has supported China in leading global desertification control efforts in the decades ...

The first week of the Saudi-hosted talks saw pledges of more than $12 billion from bodies like the Arab Coordination Group, a collection of national and regional institutions, and the Riyadh Global ...

* One of China's landmark ecological projects is the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, which has added 32 million hectares to afforestation areas and treated 85.3 million hectares of degraded ...

According to the UN, droughts have surged by nearly 30 per cent in frequency and intensity since 2000, threatening agriculture and water security, while up to 40 per cent of the world's land is ...

The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative has concluded its engagements at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of ...

The view from the U.N. desertification summit on land degradation and how to build a career in agrifood systems.

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hany Suwilam conferred with Regional Director for Sustainable Development in the ...

The global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 due to land degradation, though halting this trend would cost $4.6 ...

Desertification has become one of the most severe environmental challenges facing humanity as it leads to more sand and dust ...

Saudi Arabia's UNCCD COP16 Presidency has announced the launch of an international initiative for sand and dust storm ...