Desertification
Dealing with drought: how fog collectors are providing trees with water in Spain
Scientists in the Canary Islands and Portugal are collecting water from fog to enable reforestation of degraded landscapes
Stephen Burgen
26, Aug, 2022 @6:45 AM
Indian mystic Sadhguru on 100-day motorbike mission to save soil
Yoga guru will visit dozens of countries en route from London to India to highlight threat to one of nature’s greatest resources
Anna Turns
19, Mar, 2022 @10:30 AM
New head of Unesco world heritage centre wants to put Africa on the map
Lazare Eloundou Assomo wants to address imbalance that sees rich countries benefit and protect sites threatened by climate crisis
Lizzy Davies
20, Dec, 2021 @8:30 AM
From 1m trees to a tree graveyard: how Dubai’s conservation plans went awry
Hundreds of thousands of trees have died after costly real estate projects thwarted attempts to halt desertification
Richa Syal
24, Aug, 2021 @10:20 AM
Africa's Great Green Wall just 4% complete halfway through schedule
Report calls for more support if plan to plant 100m hectares of vegetation is to be realised
Jonathan Watts Global environment editor
07, Sep, 2020 @4:57 PM
Ancient fish dinners chart Sahara’s shift from savannah to desert
Bones of fish eaten by humans thousands of years ago offer clue to region’s ancient climate
Nicola Davis
19, Feb, 2020 @7:00 PM
Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis
National ‘green legacy’ initiative aims to reduce environmental degradation
Anna Ploszajski
29, Jul, 2019 @4:03 PM
Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns
Freshwater supplies have already seriously declined in 19 global hotspots – from China to the Caspian Sea – due to overuse, groundbreaking study shows
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
16, May, 2018 @5:00 PM
Land degradation threatens human wellbeing, major report warns
More than 3.2bn people are already affected and the problem will worsen without rapid action, driving migration and conflict
Jonathan Watts in Medellín
26, Mar, 2018 @1:30 PM
'If the land isn't worked, it decays': Tunisia's battle to keep the desert at bay
With vast swaths of Tunisia’s countryside turning to desert, the race is on to ensure there is land left to cultivate
Simon Speakman Cordall in El Fahs
13, Oct, 2017 @11:11 AM
Will Africa’s Great Green Wall discourage migration to Europe?
By 2020, 60 million people from sub-Saharan Africa are expected to migrate because of desertification. The Great Green Wall is a $8bn project restoring degraded land. But will it encourage people to stay or earn the money to go?
Jill Filipovic
19, Jul, 2017 @8:54 AM
TE Lawrence dust-storm notes enlighten weather crews 100 years on
Weatherwatch A ferocious whirling haboob that beset Lawrence of Arabia east of the Red Sea offers Met Office insight into strange storms
Kate Ravilious
16, May, 2017 @8:30 PM
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