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The Right to Life, Liberty, and Land
Erin Myers Madeira who leads the Nature Conservancy’s Global Programme on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities says that communities outperform the government and other stakeholders in stopping...
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Doing Business with Nature
Large tracts of land in the Sinhapura area of Sri Lanka’s North Central Polonnaruwa Province. Globally, 80 percent of such land degradation is caused by agriculture. Credit: Sanjana Hattotuwa/IPSBy...
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Land Conservation: A Risky Business
The Mapuche, a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, celebrate their New Year. Indigenous and local communities are on the frontline to protect the land -...
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought –“Let’s Grow the Future...
By IPS World DeskROME, Jun 17 2019 (IPS) One third of the planet’s land surface is under the threat of desertification, impacting over 250 million people. Although Africa remains the most affected...
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There’s No Continent, No Country Not Impacted by Land Degradation
On all continents you have the issue of land degradation, and it requires governments, land users and all different communities in a country to be part of the solution. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah /IPS...
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‘What it Takes to Feed 7.5 Billion People’
Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli (left) and head of the UNCCD Ibrahim Thaw (right) at the international congress on "Successful Transformation toward Land Degradation...
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Celebrating 25 years and growing the future together
By UNCCD Media AdvisoryJun 17 2019 (IPS-Partners) (UNCCD) – Monday, 17 June is World Day to Combat Desertification. It will be observed all over the world. Download the message from Mr. António...
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Desertification ‘More Dangerous and More Insidious than Wars’
Grenada has been spearheading the fight against desertification at local, regional and global levels. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSBy Desmond BrownANKARA, Jun 18 2019 (IPS) Businesses are being encouraged...
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More Megacities, More Pressure on Forests
While there were just 10 megacities worldwide in 1990, this number has tripled to 33, with populations of more than 10 million people. The number of megacities is expected to rise to 43 by 2030, mostly...
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Looking to the Land in the Climate Change Race
As the world’s soils store more carbon than the planet’s atmosphere, the restoration of soil and degraded land is therefore essential in the fight against climate change with a potential to store up to...
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Food From Thought
Ndomi Magareth, sows bean seeds on her small piece of land in Njombe a small town in the coastal Littoral Region of Cameroon. Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance is a consortium of 30 bean-producing...
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Why Environmental and Humanitarian Action Must Be Linked
Smoking fish in kilns in Ggaba, Uganda. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimated that brick-making kilns were burning 52,000 trees every year. Credit: Pius Sawa/IPS By Tharanga...
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Drought, Disease and War Hit Global Agriculture, Says U.N.
The United Nations has warned that drought, disease and war are preventing farmers from producing enough food for millions of people across Africa and other regions.Recurring droughts have destroyed...
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Horn of Africa Drought Threatens Re-run of Famines Past
United Nations are warning of another drought in the Horn of Africa. Eight years ago famine left more than 260,000 dead. Pictured here is a child from drought-stricken southern Somalia who survived the...
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Money Grows on Trees–Don’t Uproot Them
Jennifer Handondo (right) strategising with other facilitators about a practical FMNR session with farmers. Courtesy: Friday PhiriBy Friday PhiriPEMBA, Zambia, Jul 26 2019 (IPS) Jennifer Handondo, a...
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Desertification a Frontline Against Climate Change: IPCC
Drone visual of the area in Upper East Region, Ghana prior to restoration of the land that was taken in 2015. Years later the community restored the land by planting trees. A new United Nations report...
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Burning Forests for Rain, and Other Climate Catastrophes
Communities living on the foothills of Mount Kenya believe that burning forests will result in rain. A new United Nations report states that deforestation is one of the major drivers of climate change....
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Achieving Global Consensus on How to Slow Down Loss of Land
India’s minister for environment, forests and climate change, Prakash Javadekar (left), said he would be happy if CoP 14 could achieve consensus on such difficult issues as drought management and land...
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Desertification Costs World Economy up to 15 trillion dollars – U.N.
Forest fires, droughts and other forms of land degradation cost the global economy as much as 15 trillion dollars every year and are deepening the climate change crisis. Pictured is a drone visual of...
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India Promotes South-South Cooperation, but Key Questions Unaddressed
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated, “greater South-South cooperation in addressing climate change, biodiversity and land degradation.” Courtesy: GCIS By Joydeep GuptaSep 10 2019 (IPS) At his...
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