Thomson Reuters Foundation

Here's how to reverse Africa's land degradation

NAIROBI/DURBAN, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From South Africa, where unprecedented floods this month washed away farmland, to the excessive logging of Kenya's mountain forests, Africa is ...

Global terrestrial biodiversity hotspots are in 'land use debt,' study finds

Global terrestrial biodiversity hotspots are among the most ecologically important regions on Earth. These 36 regions, which ...
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2011 High-Level Meeting on Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication

On Tuesday, 20 September 2011, all Member States are invited to participate at the highest political level in the UN General Assembly high-level meeting on the theme, “Addressing desertification, land ...
EurekAlert!

Planetary boundaries: Confronting the global crisis of land degradation; Potsdam institute report opens UNCCD COP 16

Land degradation undermining Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity; Failure to reverse it will pose challenges for generations; 7 of 9 planetary boundaries are negatively impacted by unsustainable land ...
Inhabitat

Land degradation could displace 50 to 700 million people by 2050

Land decay is undermining the well-being of two-fifths of all the people on Earth, or around 3.2 billion people, according to an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ...
UPI

Land degradation threatens millions, according to first-ever land health report

March 27 (UPI) --Most climate science focuses on the atmosphere and the ocean, but a new report puts the health of Earth's land front and center -- and the diagnosis isn't good. According to the first ...
The Conversation

Burkina Faso study shows link between land degradation and migration

Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié receives funding from Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University (2019-20). She also received the Polgar Award for outstanding work in applied anthropology ...
Mongabay

Land use change impacting seven planetary boundaries, solutions urgent, say scientists

A new scientific report lays bare the stark impacts of land-system change and land degradation on planetary health, while also offering solutions to these problems. The report was published on the eve ...
EurekAlert!

Gaining a clear picture of land degradation and soil erosion

(Jena, Germany) Geographers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) are coordinating a new joint research project that is studying changes in landscapes and soil conditions of South Africa.
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Consumers, private sector critical in fighting droughts and land degradation, says UN

17 June 2018, Quito, Ecuador–More than 3.2 billion people, or 2 in every 5 people, are impacted by land degradation today and up to 143 million people could move within their countries by 2050 to ...
The Conversation

Nearly 25% of land in Africa has been damaged – what’s to blame, and what can be done

Dr Mlungele M. Nsikani receives funding from and is a Senior Scientist at the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Furthermore, Dr Nsikani is an Extraordinary Lecturer at Stellenbosch ...