Desertification News

A new analysis of satellite images shows that nearly 30 percent of India's agricultural land is turning into desert, and the rate of soil degradation is increasing at an alarming rate.

With monsoons expected to bring less rainfall than usual this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India is seeking a quick fix to the problem, wanting to expand irrigation systems that would improve water usage.

Chifeng - As the threat of desertification grows higher, a nomadic tribesman in Inner Mongolia is leading his community in their fight against the menace

It takes 1000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain and agriculture consumes almost 70 percent of the world's water - though only less than 30 percent in OECD countries.

An Italian environmental protection organization warns that the Sahara Desert is crossing the Mediterranean and risking the habitats of 6.5 million people that live along the shores.

Lesotho, a landlocked mountain kingdom in southern Africa, only has 1.8-million residents. And 36 per cent of the population are expected to die of HIV-AIDS within the next 15 years. The overgrazed landscape is infertile. Is this little paradise dying?

A senior United Nations environmental expert highlighted the “silent” crisis of desertification or land degradation which if approached properly, can help address food crisis, climate change.

"Desertificaton and Climate Change - One Global Challenge"

Global Warming has claimed another victim, one of the African continent's largest bodies of water has become a shadow of its former self.