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ARGENTINA: Three-Quarters of “Breadbasket” Is Drylands
By Marcela ValenteBUENOS AIRES, Feb 25 2012 (IPS)How has Argentina managed to maintain its image as one of the world’s breadbaskets when a full three-fourths of its territory consists of drylands? This...
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South Sudan, Where Livestock Outnumbers People and the Environment Suffers
A member of the Mundari tribe stands amongst cattle in Terekeka, South Sudan. Livestock outnumber the population in South Sudan and has led to increasing environmental degradation. Credit: Jared...
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When Land Restoration Works Hand in Hand with Poverty Eradication
Villagers in the Medak District of southern India’s Telengana state are helping to revive degraded farmland. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Stella PaulSANGAREDDY, India, Aug 25 2014 (IPS)Tugging at the root...
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More Than Half of Africa’s Arable Land ‘Too Damaged’ for Food Production
Healthy soils are critical for global food production and provide a range of environmental services. Photo: FAO/Olivier AsselinBy Busani BafanaNTUNGAMO DISTRICT, Uganda, Jan 13 2015 (IPS)A report...
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Opinion: Let’s Grant Women Land Rights and Power Our Future
Mary Wanjiru is a farmer from Nyeri County in central Kenya. Granting land rights to women can raise farm production by 20-30 per cent in developing countries. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPSBy Monique...
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Putting the “Integrity of the Earth’s Ecosystems” at the Centre of the...
Mangrove forests, like this one in western Sri Lanka, can store up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare in their biomass, yet they are being felled at three to five times the rate of other forests....
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The world loses 23 hectares to land degradation each and every minute, adding up to the disappearance of 12 million hectares worldwide – an area half the size of the UK. In economic terms this loss of...
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Funding Lags to Combat Land Degradation
Delegates meeting at the Fifteenth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 15) of UNCCD held in Nairobi Oct. 18-20, 2016. Credit: Justus Wanzala/IPSBy...
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Drought Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions
In Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, over 300,000 people are in need of transported safe water. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSBy Amantha PereraCOLOMBO, Jan 25 2017 (IPS)The warnings are stark, the...
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Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms
Once fertile agricultural land in Kenya is being degraded by encroachment and the effects of climate change. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPSBy Miriam GathigahNAIROBI, Jan 31 2017 (IPS)Too hungry to play,...
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When Women Have Land Rights, the Tide Begins to Turn
Women's secure tenure rights lead to several positive development outcomes for them and their families, including resilience to climate change shocks, economic productivity, food security, health, and...
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The High Price of Desertification: 23 Hectares of Land a Minute
Farmer Margaret Gauti Mpofu adds manure to her vegetable crops in a field on the outskirts of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 15 2017 (IPS)Urban...
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Women on the Front Lines of Halting Deforestation
Judith Ncube, the chairperson of the Vusanani Cooperative in Plumtree, Zimbabwe. Credit: Sally NyakanyangaBy Sally NyakanyangaPLUMTREE, Zimbabwe, Jan 29 2018 (IPS)In Zimbabwe, the bulk of rural...
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Q&A: Land Restoration can Help Restore Post-COVID-19 Economy
Degraded farmland is being restored in Mahbubnagar district of Telangana state in India. Investing in sustainable land management and reversing land degradation will help build economies post-COVID-19...
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