In the West Kazakhstan region, a meeting was held between the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan , Erlan Nysanbayev, and farmers and peasant farms of the region, during which the minister listened to numerous appeals about the catastrophic damage to agricultural lands caused by saigas. Farmers in the West
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed July 12 as the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms, emphasizing that this destructive natural phenomenon poses a global threat to sustainable development and negatively impacts public health, agriculture, and the climate. In recent years, due to the drying of the
Warming accelerates global drought severity Solomon H. Gebrechorkos, Justin Sheffield, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Chris Funk, Diego G. Miralles, Jian Peng, Ellen Dyer, Joshua Talib, Hylke E. Beck, Michael B. Singer & Simon J. Dadson Nature volume 642, pages628–635 (2025)Cite this article 34k Accesses 891 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract Drought is one of the most common and complex
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Source: depositphotos.com June 17, 1994, marked the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Paris.June 17 is recognized globally as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, established by the United Nations to raise awareness
On June 17, the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is marked under the theme “Restore the land. Unlock the оpportunities”. This message aligns closely with the objectives of the RESILAND CA+ program, which focuses on restoring degraded lands across Central Asia. A Regional Response to Global Challenges According
Every year, tens of millions of hectares of productive land are lost to degradation worldwide . According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), between 2015 and 2019, annual global land loss was at least 100 million hectares, which is equivalent to twice the area of Greenland. To make this data widely
A site where core topics under our mission and mandate can be explored through the information submitted by country Parties in their national reports during the 2022 reporting process Land degradation and drought Resources mobilized to combat desertification, land degradation and drought People exposed to land degradation and drought National
Aralkum is the youngest desert on Earth. Photo: Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has shown what remains of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, Liter.kz reports with reference to the European Space Agency ( ESA ). The image from March 18, 2025,
On April 8, 2025, the Final National Seminar was held in Ashgabat to summarize the results of the FAO-GEF project “Integrated Natural Resources Management in Drought-prone and saline Agricultural Production Landscapes in Central Asia and Turkey (CACILM-2).” The event was opened by the representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection
Ulaanbaatar, February 24, 2025 /MONTSAME/. On February 21, 2025, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia Odontuya Saldan and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Ibrahim Thiaw signed the Host Country Agreement of the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
