Land Degradation

Land Degradation

At COP30, AfDB, development partners call for new financing to accelerate Great Green Wall initiative

At the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, development partners including the African Development Bank, urged for a scale up...
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Land Degradation

Rangelands to take centre stage on Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya

The Government of Kenya and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Friday, December 12, 2025, announced that Kenya will host the next global...
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Land Degradation

ACReSAL reviews its progress across 19 participating states

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project has commenced its pre-midterm review to evaluate progress recorded since its implementation across the 19 participating...
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Land Degradation

UNCCD Panama meeting advances financial, cooperation avenues for global land and drought action

Coinciding with the International Day of Soils, the meeting marking the halfway point between the United Nations land conferences in Riyadh and Ulaanbaatar came to a...
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Land Degradation

Vast and undervalued rangelands under growing threat – ELD

Stretching from the drylands of Latin America and Africa to the steppes of Central Asia, rangelands underpin food security, climate stability and centuries-old pastoral cultures. These...
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Land Degradation

Every inch of land counts for survival of Small Island Developing States – UNCCD

Every inch of land is vital for the survival of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS), which are facing growing impacts from harsher droughts and the loss of fertile soils according to...
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Land Degradation

UN meeting in Panama addresses global loss of fertile lands, extreme droughts

Addressing global loss of fertile lands and escalating droughts will be the focus of the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of...
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Land Degradation

Great green wall agency seeks SGF’s support for 50m date palm initiative

The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has sought the support of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George...
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Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping tools and data-driven approaches to address Nigeria’s worsening forest crisis,...
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