COP17: Restoring Land in the Face of Soil Degradation
Delegates are weighing funding and restoration plans as scientists warn soil degradation affects 40% of the Earth’s land surface and 100 million hectares each year.
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Africa: How Degradation and Drought Are Threatening the Land That Feeds Us
Desertification is not the spread of deserts. It is the slow degradation of fertile land - a process that now affects 40 percent of the Earth's land surface and leaves around 100 million hectares of healthy land unproductive every year. As governments gather in Mongolia this week for the UN's Cop17 desertification summit, scientists say restoring soil health is becoming critical for food security, livelihoods and climate resilience.
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How degradation and drought are threatening the land that feeds us
Desertification is not the spread of deserts. It is the slow degradation of fertile land – a process that now affects 40 percent of the Earth's land surface and leaves around 100 million hectares of healthy land unproductive every year. As governments gather in Mongolia this week for the UN's Cop17 desertification summit, scientists say restoring soil health is becoming critical for food security, livelihoods and climate resilience.
The COP17 conference on combating desertification is being held from August 17 to 28 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Nearly 40% of the Earth's land surface is now degraded, threatening ecosystems, food security, and the livelihoods of billions of people. To discuss this, France 24's guest is Jean-Daniel Cesaro, a geographer at CIRAD.
When land dries up, trade feels it: Why ITC is at COP17
GENEVA, Switzerland, (ITC News) – Across the world, heat, drought and land degradation are becoming harder to ignore. Wildfires are destroying landscapes and livelihoods, rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, and water scarcity is putting pressure on communities, businesses and energy systems. In some regions, low river levels are already restricting shipping and pushing cargo onto more expensive transport routes. Land degradation is not only an …
Land degradation erodes $900m
Delegates from 196 countries have gathered in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to discuss how to turn land restoration resolutions into money and action. Land degradation wipes nearly $900 billion every year, says the United Nations. About 80% Malawi’s land is degraded. | FAO.org Malawi has a seat at the 17th conference of the parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), adopted in 1992 in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil. Scientific reports sh…
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