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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UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund · 27 September 2024 English
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from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, United Nations, New York, 1994. 11 The … The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Sand and Dust Storms Compendium: Information and …
World Bank Group · 26 September 2024 English
during critical growing periods, as well as desertification over the last 50 years. 6 Mali has limited …
World Bank Group · 26 September 2024 English
Climate change and extreme weather events are increasingly driving human mobility and displacement across the globe. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Eastern Caribbean region have particularly witnessed disaster-related …
UNCCD United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP United Nations Development Programme … the slow‐onset effects of sea level rise, desertification or environmental degradation. Climate change … to gradual processes such as droughts and desertification, increased salinization, rising sea levels … changes by way of sustained degradation (e.g., desertification, coastal and soil erosion), drought, increasing …
World Bank Group · 25 September 2024 English
Using global data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys that includes the precise geo-location of surveyed firms, this paper examines how dry spells and precipitation shocks influence firm performance. The …
2000 (The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), 2022) with lasting negative impacts … The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (2022), Drought in Numbers. UNCCD …
CDRI: Cambodia Development Resource Institute · 25 September 2024 English
• Capacity building: º Strengthen the capacities of both national and sub-national governments and community organisations to design and execute ‘fit-for-purpose’ adaptation projects. [...] systems, including updates to IDPoor and …
efforts are coherent with onset disasters: Desertification and drought.” overarching national strategies …
World Bank Group · 24 September 2024 English
The World Bank Group and the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) have engaged PwC Drone Powered Solutions - Global Centre of Excellence in Drone Technology to study the drone ecosystem in …
HPA: Water Policy Association · 23 September 2024 English
The Envoy will also concerted efforts to advance the water agenda, work to strengthen international cooperation and including the follow-up on the outcomes of the synergies among international water processes …
decreased rain- gies is one of fall rates, and desertification due to climate the most pres - change overlaps …
AU: African Union · 23 September 2024 English
A full overview of the conceptual review of resilience, the approaches and challenges of measuring and tracking progress toward resilience, and an analysis of relevant dimensions and examples from Africa …
for Reconstruction and Development to Combat Desertification). 2023. Disaster Risk Reduction) Regional and …
World Bank Group · 23 September 2024 English
Using global data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys that includes the precise geo-location of surveyed firms, this paper examines how dry spells and precipitation shocks influence firm performance. The …
2000 (The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), 2022) with lasting negative impacts … The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (2022), Drought in Numbers. UNCCD …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 23 September 2024 English
climate change. The crisis of nature and biodiversity loss – which includes land degradation and desertification. And the crisis of pollution and waste. A new commitment is coming, as negotiations on an instrument …
loss – which includes land degradation and desertification. And the crisis of pollution and waste. A new …
