The “Great Green Wall” aims to stop desertification and help local people. The Sahara Desert is growing, causing big problems for people living nearby. In the Sahel and West Africa ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

is the process of land turning into desert as the quality of the soil declines over time. Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...

The Sahara Desert's expansion is a significant ... initially conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and slow the expansion of the Sahara. This ambitious project ...

and "over the longer term" to prevent "desert encroachment" on urban areas or fertile, arable land. China's desertification has been "primarily caused by human activities, such as overgrazing ...

The motivation for this resolution was the Parties' concern about the deteriorating situation of desertification in ... it often creates desert-like conditions.

The World Bank Group is attending the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Learn how WBG integrates nature, climate, ...