UNCCD's landmark new World Drought Atlas depicts the systemic nature of drought risks through dozens of maps, infographics, ...

Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, scientists said in a new report, as talks on halting desertification were underway in Saudi Arabia. By Raymond Zhong ...

according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already-arid lands are marked by low rainfall yet support 45% of the world's agriculture. Now, extreme drought ...

Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum will unveil Türkiye’s national strategy and action plan ...

RIYADH, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A senior World Bank environmental official applauded the transformative efforts of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in reversing desertification, ...

The Taklimakan covers 337,600 square km, making it China's largest desert and the world's second-largest shifting desert, according to Xinhua. The completion of the ecological barrier around the ...

Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land loses much of its biological — and economic — productivity, and becomes desert. Today, up to 40% of the world's land is ...