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 ...

Experts believe healthy land is essential to thriving economies and societies; it supports agriculture, supplies food, and contributes to water and climate security. Rangelands are among the world’s ...

Muscat – The Environment Authority (EA) has unveiled the National Strategy to Combat Desertification 2040, setting ambitious ...

Desertification is a form of land degradation in drylands, by which the biological productivity of an area is reduced to a point of almost no return, becoming barren and inhospitable. The phenomenon ...

MUSCAT: The activities of the national workshop to approve the National Strategy to Combat Desertification 2040 commenced on ...

Damascus, June 16 (SANA) As part of efforts to combat desertification, Syrian government agencies in cooperation with international organizations are implementing specialized projects and programs, ...

MUSCAT, 28th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) affirmed that GCC countries continue to intensify their efforts to ...

The executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) praised Egypt’s extensive efforts in combating desertification through land reclamation. In a meeting with ...

The rapid spread of drought and desertification are one of the most serious environmental threats that can directly affect ...

On July 29 we reached "Earth Overshoot day," according to the Global Footprint Network report. This date marks the point when humanity has consumed all the natural resources that the Earth can ...