Desertification

New EU initiatives to tackle desertification and drought

The Commission remains committed to addressing the critical issues of desertification, land degradation, and drought, recognising the pivotal role of nature-based solutions in doing so. On Desertification and Drought Day, the Commission has announced two new initiatives to strengthen global resilience against drought and enhance gender equality in land restoration efforts. Boosting global drought resilience …

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The Cyprus Institute: Cyprus Participates in a New Major Project to Combat Desertification in Rural Areas of Southern Europe and Northern Africa

A new European project, TERRASAFE, brings together eleven European and one North African country to tackle the increasing threat of desertification in rural areas of Cyprus, Italy, Romania, Spain and Tunisia. Desertification is the process by which productive land and soils lose their capacity to sustain crop production or natural vegetation as a result of unsustainable …

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