Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

Accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world and jumpstarting a trillion-dollar land restoration economy will be the focus of this year’s Desertification and ...

Desertification occurs when an area's climate turns drier, and fertile land becomes barren due to factors caused by human activities—mainly climate change and poor land use. Drylands ...

Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.