Turkmenistan is proposing the creation of a specialized regional center for climate change technologies and a center to combat desertification in Central Asia. This was announced by Makhtumkuli Akmuradov, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Environmental and Water Diplomacy, in his speech at the pre-conference session of the
The Interregional Group of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD IG) is holding a two-day meeting on 2–3 October 2025 at the UN House in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The IG serves as a key platform for cooperation and joint action on combating desertification, land degradation, and drought in the
About a quarter of China’s land is classified as desert, and campaigns to contain and restore sandy lands have been underway since the 1970s. In the arid regions of northern China, dozens of workers are pruning goji berry bushes that grow under the protection of thousands of solar panels. Solar
Speech by the President of Turkmenistan at the plenary meeting of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly Dear Chairman, Distinguished heads and members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, let me congratulate you on the beginning of the 80th session of the United Nations General
Within the framework of the project “RESILAND CA+: Uzbekistan Resilient Landscape Restoration”, the Forestry Agency under the Ministry of Ecology, environmental protection and climate change of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) signed a three-year contract to strengthen regional cooperation. The RESILAND
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
