Desertification has been described as “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and climate change is making it worse. While the term may bring to mind the windswept sand dunes of the Sahara ...
esertification is a degradation of fertile lands into desert by natural processes and human activities. According to the European Commission’s World Atlas of Desertification, more than 75 percent of ...
On the World Day to Combat Desertification, DW asks what the commonly used term actually means, why it is such a problem in so many parts of the world, and what can be done to reverse it. The United ...