It is an honour to participate in today’s High-Level Event. We derive much of our identity, culture, and traditions from our connections to land. From my mother’s side, my ancestors have been farmers ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought underlines the urgent need to halt land degradation through global cooperation and innovative solutions – such as those offered by nuclear science.

Reversing desertification requires money, machinery and intelligent planning from industrialized nations as humanitarian aid. We cannot expect to reverse the trends just by passing laws that people ...

Oases gained 85,000 square miles, mostly from artificial expansion projects Oases lost 52,000 square miles from desertification and water scarcity Oases gained a net area of about 33,400 square miles, ...