desertification

December 3, 2024 9:00 AM

UNCCD in Riyadh: India underlines efforts on land restoration, drought resilience at CoP16

Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has outlined India's efforts to address land degradation and desertification, aligning with the objectives of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). While delivering India's statement during the Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience at CoP16 of the UNCCD in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday, the minister described India's journey in combating land degradation and desertification. "Our journey represents...

December 2, 2024 9:31 AM

UNCCD COP16 opens today with India set to showcase landmark Green Project

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification's sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP16) is beginning today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the first time West Asia hosts this crucial environmental conference. India will join representatives from 197 nations at this milestone event, which coincides with UNCCD's 30th anniversary. India's delegation, led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, will participate in a significant side event at ...

May 21, 2024 5:34 PM

Half of world’s pastures degraded by overuse, climate change, UN report says

Half the world's natural pasture land has been degraded by overexploitation and the impact of climate change, putting food supplies and livelihoods in peril, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification said on Tuesday. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) warned that a sixth of the world's food supplies were at risk from the deterioration of the world's rangelands - which include savannas, wetlands and deserts as well as grassland. Population growth...