THE effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change are now felt all over the world: warmer temperatures causing ...

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) on Sunday launched the National Strategy to Combat Desertification 2025-2030, as part of Qatar’s efforts to protect its natural resources, enhance ...

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change launched on Sunday the National Strategy to Combat Desertification 2025-2030, as part of the State of Qatar's efforts to protect its natural ...

The Sahara Desert has grown by nearly 10 percent since 1920. This shows a pressing environmental issue affecting the area. It now covers about 3.6 million square miles (9.4 million square kilometers), ...

Drought, exacerbated by the changes to our climate caused by planetary overheating, is expected to affect three in four people globally by 2050. Experts from several international groups recently ...

Desertification is the degradation process caused by climatic conditions and human activities that results in loss of soil productivity and decline in vegetation growth in the long term. Several ...

Stakeholders in Forestry industry have resolved to curtail the menace of deforestation, desertification and erosion in Nigeria, through promotion of agroforestry as an effective tool towards achieving ...

Abstract: The Horqin Sandy Land is one of the most seriously desertified regions of China. In this paper, we measured the aboveground and belowground biomass, caloric value in biomass components, and ...