Land Degradation

Land Degradation

Great Green Wall Initiative to get ‘visionary roadmap’

Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to develop a visionary roadmap, a decade after its launch, with bold targets to restore 100...
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COP14: World leaders call for global action to restore degraded land

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has called on the international community to set up a global water action agenda as the central theme...
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COP14: How Nigeria is reversing land degradation, by NEWMAP

Nigeria has successfully rehabilitated over 1,558.62 hectares (ha) of degraded land and lifted more than 8,000 people out of poverty through livelihood enhancement activities in drought-prone...
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NESREA lauds Gombe initiative to tackle environmental degradation

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Gombe State has commended the State Government for its recent initiative to tackle environmental degradation in...
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Desertification: UN urges investment in land restoration to save world’s biodiversity

The United Nations has called on governments and private entities to support sustainable actions to reverse land degradation and invest in land restoration to avoid further...
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Group plants 12,748 tree seedlings to curb desertification in Jigawa

The Green Network Initiative Forum in Jigawa State has planted about 12,748 assorted tree seedlings in some parts of the state to check desertification. The Coordinator of...
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Presidents of Amazon region to meet over wildfires, says Bolsonaro

Presidents of South America’s Amazon region will meet in Colombia to discuss a joint environmental strategy after thousands of wildfires ravaged the region’s rainforests, Brazilian President...
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G7 leaders provide $20m to fight Amazon fires

G7 leaders are dedicating $20 million to urgent firefighting efforts in the Amazon rainforest. Macron said this on Monday, August 26, 2019 after a meeting at the...
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