Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD)...
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The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance celebrated each year on 17 June. Its purpose is to raise awareness...
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Desertification in Africa is a form of land degradation that involves the conversion of productive land into desert or arid areas. This issue is a pressing...
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Sahel (redirect from Desertification in the Sahel)
caused lakes and rivers to shrink significantly and caused increasing desertification. This, in turn, decreased the amount of land conducive to settlements...
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Historic desertification is the study of the desert-forming process from a historic perspective. It was presumed in the past that the main causes of desertification...
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Australian Desert. Desert Desertification List of deserts by continent Polar desert Tundra United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification "Top ten largest...
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Gobi Desert (redirect from Desertification in the Gobi Desert)
be exempt from windfall tax). The Gobi Desert is expanding through desertification, most rapidly on the southern edge into China, which is seeing 3,600 km2...
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Great Green Wall (Africa) (category Desertification)
the African Union in 2007, initially conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and hold back expansion of the Sahara desert, by...
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erosion; in these areas, land deterioration is known as "desertification." The risk of desertification is present on about 35% of Ghana's land. An estimated...
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crops and properties. Drought stands as a significant contributor to desertification. The absence of a universally accepted, precise, and objective definition...
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Desert greening (redirect from Anti-desertification)
creation of habitable areas for local communities. The prevention of land desertification is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the United Nations...
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decade. 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. January 1–4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine...
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Environmental issues in Mongolia (redirect from Desertification in Mongolia)
issues is climate change, which will be responsible for an increase in desertification, natural disasters, and land degradation. Another is deforestation...
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Diversity UNCCD, the abbreviation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)...
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Environmental issues in Libya (redirect from Desertification in Libya)
Environmental issues in Libya include desertification and very limited natural freshwater resources. Annual rainfall averages only between 200 and 600...
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Deserts and xeric shrublands (section Desertification)
The conversion of productive drylands to desert conditions, known as desertification, can occur from a variety of causes. One is human intervention, including...
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Special Report on Climate Change and Land (redirect from Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems)
Land (SRCCL), also known as the "Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and...
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Environmental issues in China (redirect from Desertification in China)
the region. Desertification remains a serious problem, consuming an area greater than the area used as farmland. Although desertification has been curbed...
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Algerian Green Dam (category Desertification)
initiated in Algeria in the 1960s to plant millions of trees to stop desertification, specifically to prevent the northward advancement of the Sahara Desert...
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2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-28. Waghorn, Terry (7 March 2011). "Fighting Desertification". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2020-01-21...
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Environmental issues in Yemen (redirect from Desertification in Yemen)
are overgrazing and desertification. Yemen has signed several international agreements: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species...
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Sustainable Development Goal 15 (section Target 15.3: End desertification and restore degraded land)
use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss"...
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Geography of Turkmenistan (section Desertification)
replenish the Aral Sea; desertification Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone...
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turned farmland into desert. Each year, arable land is lost due to desertification and human-induced erosion. Improper irrigation of farmland can wick...
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Great Green Wall (China) (category Desertification)
northern China's forest cover from 5 to 15 percent, thereby reducing desertification. As the Chinese State has made efforts to fight the dust storms that...
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500 (380–620) million people lived within areas which experienced desertification between the year 1980s and 2000s. The highest numbers of people affected...
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the National Work to Fight Desertification program, over 60 percent of the land in Lebanon is at risk of desertification. According to The World Bank...
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to heat related stress in Spain. 74% of the country is at risk of desertification Spain's per capita emissions was 4.92 tonnes in 2021, around 1.5 tonnes...
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Oltenian Sahara (redirect from Desertification in Oltenia)
was eventually torn down by scrap iron thieves. Due to the sudden desertification in the area, the name "Oltenian Sahara" quickly caught on among the...
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