BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- As Monday marks the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the pressing challenge of land degradation and desertification has once again aroused global attention. China, one of the countries with the severest desertification, has made significant progress in ...
Desertification, land degradation and drought are major threats affecting millions of people worldwide, particularly women and children, he said. Every year, the world loses 24 billion tons of fertile soil, and dryland degradation reduces national domestic product in developing countries by up to 8 ...
Land degradation is caused by multiple forces, including extreme weather conditions, particularly drought. It is also caused by human activities that pollute or degrade the quality of soils and land utility. It negatively affects food production, livelihoods, and the production and provision of other...
Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) on Security Policy in the AnthropoceneBrauch, Hans Guenter
The report by UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI) — the UN body for assessing the science of land degradation and drought — points to human-caused climate change as the primary driver of this shift. Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, transport, industry and land use changes...
LONGi, a Shanghai-listed maker of solar modules, is calling for increased photovoltaic power generation as a means to fight desertification, land degradation and drought. "The impact of desertification is profound, with an estimated 45% of the global land surface affected by desertification, impacti...
desertification, land degradation and drought are challenges of a global dimensionand continue to pose serious challenges to the sustainable development of allcountries, in particular developing countries. We also stress the particular challengesthis poses for Africa, the least developed countries and the...
as well as issues such as modeling and projecting datasets and the ability to integrate economic and biophysical data, Orr said that “China has been central to these kinds of analyses, and that's been very positive to the global agenda on addressing land degradation, drought and desertification...
various agendas. The country is expected to contribute to the development of international policies and promote the use of Chinese technology to monitor and restore land resilience against global land degradation and drought, according to a briefing by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration....
sidelines of the ongoing 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Valerie Hickey, global director of the World Bank's Environment Department, expressed worries about the worsening situation of drought, desertification, and land degradation...