Kazakhstan has secured a $1.2 billion investment from TotalEnergies for the Mirny onshore wind and battery storage project, ...

By Clare Nuttall in Astana Kazakhstan has proposed a regional “Green Shield of Central Asia” initiative to combat ...

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ...

Unlike the Taklimakan Desert, often described as a “Sea of Death” due to its extreme aridity and highly mobile dunes, the ...

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(CN) – The growing threat of desertification and its effects on European land, especially in the Mediterranean regions, are being poorly monitored and prepared for by the European Commission, ...

When discussing deserts, it’s important to keep in the mind the distinction between deserts as a specific ecosystem and desertification as a specific process. Deserts are beguiling and wondrous: ...

Desertification is a significant problem for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of Earth, whereby grasslands and shrublands become a comparatively barren desert as vegetation disappears over ...

A Chinese scientist dedicated to combating desertification has been awarded the Champions of the Earth, the UN's highest environmental honor, marking the first time a Chinese recipient has been ...

Desertification puts the health and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk, according to the United Nations. Because dryland desertification can be remedied or ...

Bonn, Germany, 21 February 2024 – This year’s Desertification and Drought Day, observed on 17 June, will focus on the future of land stewardship. Every second, an equivalent of four football fields of ...