Desertification
Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by a variety of factors, such as climate change (particularly the current global warming) and overexploitation of soil as a result of human activity.Throughout geological history, the development of deserts has occurred naturally; however, when deserts emerge due to unchecked depletion of nutrients in soil that are essential for it to remain arable, then a virtual "soil death" can be spoken of, …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 February 2024 English
This paper was published in the open-access scientific journal Heliyon, on February 18, 2024. It was written by Khaiwal Ravindra from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; …
leading to air pollution. The increase in the desertification phenomenon underscores the value of using model …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 November 2023 English
The Emissions Gap Report 2023 was published on November 20, 2023 by the United Nations Environment Programme. It is the 14th edition of the annual UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR), …
low-lying coastal areas and those prone to desertification and drought. Others, such as countries that …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 August 2023 English
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released this 92-page Climate Dictionary on August 8, 2023. It provides simple and concise definitions for 40 climate-related terms frequently in use.Subtitled ‘Speak climate …
abandoned and degraded agricultural lands, prevent desertification, create carbon sinks, and generate new economic …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 April 2023 English
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, released the first volume of the EnviStats – India 2023 on April 17, 2023. The EnviStats were first published in …
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English
This report has been published by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in April 2023. This edition of the yearly publication, the first of which was released in the year 1978, …
of water scarcity concerns, accelerating desertification (Abumoghli and Goncalves, 2019) and frequent …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English
Released on March 20, 2023, the Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report concludes the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was …
an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management … an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management … an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management … with e.g., increasing temperature means, desertification, decreasing precipitation, loss of biodiversity …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2023 English
UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs published this report in 2023. It analyses progress on gender equality across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a …
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 October 2022 English
This report was published jointly by Concern Worldwide, Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, Germany, – two non-governmental organisations – in October 2022. The first annual Global Hunger Index (GHI) was published in …
flooding, increased drought frequency, and desertification all have the poten- tial to further decrease …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 September 2022 English
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, published this working paper on September 30, 2022. It was written by Ritu Bharadwaj, Nikhil Raj, N Karthikeyan, Roopashree Shanker, Johnson …
was true whether the crisis was caused by desertification, salination, landslides, sea- level rise, drought …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 September 2022 English
The EnviStats were initially published in 2018 and this is the fifth edition in the series. The National Statistical Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of …
which in turn prevents land degradation and desertification, and diminishes the risks of disasters. In …
