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Non-timber forest products provide income, food security and conservation opportunities in one of the world’s most impoverished regions.
The UNCCD COP16 was the last of 2024’s three Rio Convention COPs. Here’s what happened in Riyadh – and where it leaves us now.
In 2024, we attended the three Rio Convention COPs: the Biodiversity COP16, Climate COP29 and UNCCD COP16. Here’s what we learned.
Saudi Arabia is building an eco-city in the desert. What difference will The Line and Neom make to the country’s sky-high carbon emissions?
Desertification is affecting half a billion people around the world. But what is it, and what can we do about it? Find out in this explainer.
GLF Live with Nancy Barisoa, Beatriz Azevedo and Billie Dumaliang
Notes from the floor of the UNCCD COP15, 2022's largest event on land degradation.
Check out some standout figures coming from the GLF's new digital conference on restoring Africa's drylands.
In arid and desert regions of West Africa, AI has helped spot abundant tree growth that can support local lives and carbon stocks.
In the news: Brazilian Amazon now a net carbon emitter, California officials face off with Nestlé, and the world’s groundwater drying up.
In the news: Brazil military surrenders to loggers, banks lend trillions to fossil fuels and how to make greener cryptocurrency investments
Explore the world's drylands, the ubiquitous, un-trumpeted ecosystems that are critical to feeding the world and cover much of the planet.
As rainfall increases due to climate change, locust outbreaks are also expected to rise in frequency, devouring crops in the Horn of Africa.
The FAO is working with partners to protect wetlands, which are critical for local livelihoods and wildlife, especially migratory birds
Funds for the Sahel's Great Green Wall barrier against desertification renew hope that it will be completed by its 2030 goal.
