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The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat #Desertification (UNCCD) will be hosted by #Mongolia in its capital city, #Ulaanbaatar, from 17 to 28 August 2026 under the theme Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.
#UNCCD 17th session of the Conference of the Parties
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The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat #Desertification (UNCCD) will be hosted by #Mongolia in its capital city, #Ulaanbaatar, from 17 to 28 August 2026 under the theme Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.
#UNCCD 17th session of the Conference of the Parties
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#EU calls for global action to make land and water more resilient as #drought and #desertification intensify
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#EU calls for global action to make land and water more resilient as #drought and #desertification intensify
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Desert greening (Deserts 🏜️)
Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration, sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life. The term "desert greening" is intended to apply to both cold and hot arid and semi-arid deserts. It does not appl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_greening
#DesertGreening #Deserts #Ecosystems #Desertification #LandReclamation
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It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!
Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).
The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔
#GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil
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It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!
Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).
The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔
#GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil
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#QuizOfTheDay: Which of the following statements is NOT a human cause of #Desertification?
A. Cyclical drought bringing lower and less reliable rainfall
B. Population growth
C. Overgrazing by cattle
D. Deforestation for fuel and constructing shelterhttps://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=666f042465497a45ac9d4753
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#QuizOfTheDay: Which of the following statements is NOT a human cause of #Desertification?
A. Cyclical drought bringing lower and less reliable rainfall
B. Population growth
C. Overgrazing by cattle
D. Deforestation for fuel and constructing shelterhttps://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=666f042465497a45ac9d4753
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#OnThisDay Mumtaz Mahal died during child birth (1631). #TajMahal in Agra, often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband Shah Jahan to act as her final resting place.
Happy Birthday Venus Williams (1980) - A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles #Tennis.
Today is World Day to Combat #Desertification and #Drought.
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#OnThisDay Mumtaz Mahal died during child birth (1631). #TajMahal in Agra, often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband Shah Jahan to act as her final resting place.
Happy Birthday Venus Williams (1980) - A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles #Tennis.
Today is World Day to Combat #Desertification and #Drought.
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#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026
June 17, 2026
#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.
"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'
"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.
"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'
"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.
"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.
"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:
- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon
- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes
- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts
Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."
Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026
June 17, 2026
#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.
"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'
"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.
"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'
"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.
"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.
"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:
- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon
- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes
- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts
Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."
Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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#NoNaturalDisasters [UN]
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https://www.undrr.org/our-impact/campaigns/no-natural-disasters | https://www.nonaturaldisasters.com/ <-- shared technical articles
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#Resilience #ClimateAction #Governance #risk #hazard #riskassessment #naturalhazard #disaster #humanimpacts #engineeringgeology #NoNaturalDisasters #natural #nature #earthquake #storm #flood #flooding #tsunami #volcano #desertification #wildfire #fires #publicsafety #planning #policy #preparedness #ISO31000 #monitoring #buildingcodes #engineering #landuse #earlywarning #humanmaderisk #exposure #vulnerability #socioeconomic #ecosystems #habitat #livelihoods #farming #infrastructure #buildings #structures #industrial #cost #recovery #economics #homes #extremeweather #hurricane #tornado #resilience #sustainability #poverty #assessment #UNDRR #UN #riskreduction
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#NoNaturalDisasters [UN]
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https://www.undrr.org/our-impact/campaigns/no-natural-disasters | https://www.nonaturaldisasters.com/ <-- shared technical articles
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#Resilience #ClimateAction #Governance #risk #hazard #riskassessment #naturalhazard #disaster #humanimpacts #engineeringgeology #NoNaturalDisasters #natural #nature #earthquake #storm #flood #flooding #tsunami #volcano #desertification #wildfire #fires #publicsafety #planning #policy #preparedness #ISO31000 #monitoring #buildingcodes #engineering #landuse #earlywarning #humanmaderisk #exposure #vulnerability #socioeconomic #ecosystems #habitat #livelihoods #farming #infrastructure #buildings #structures #industrial #cost #recovery #economics #homes #extremeweather #hurricane #tornado #resilience #sustainability #poverty #assessment #UNDRR #UN #riskreduction
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Dreaming of a land healed by permaculture? Danyadara's food forest in Andalucía shows how agroecology and agroforestry reverse desertification and restore hope 🌱 https://agroecologymap.org/l/345 #Permaculture #Agroecology #Desertification
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Dreaming of a land healed by permaculture? Danyadara's food forest in Andalucía shows how agroecology and agroforestry reverse desertification and restore hope 🌱 https://agroecologymap.org/l/345 #Permaculture #Agroecology #Desertification
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Western Australia is edging toward desertification https://phys.org/news/2026-05-western-australia-edging-desertification.html
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Western Australia is edging toward desertification https://phys.org/news/2026-05-western-australia-edging-desertification.html
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Freedom News: **Anarchist News Review: Labour Coup II – The Re-Chickening**
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/15/anarchist-news-review-labour-coup-ii-the-re-chickening/
Oh my God Weasel Wes is down …
The post Anarchist News Review: Labour Coup II – The Re-Chickening appeared first on Freedom News.
#News #AnarchistNewsReview #Desertification #Filton24 #LabourParty #Reforestation -
Freedom News: **Anarchist News Review: Labour Coup II – The Re-Chickening**
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/15/anarchist-news-review-labour-coup-ii-the-re-chickening/
Oh my God Weasel Wes is down …
The post Anarchist News Review: Labour Coup II – The Re-Chickening appeared first on Freedom News.
#News #AnarchistNewsReview #Desertification #Filton24 #LabourParty #Reforestation -
Bioneers: "Climate Change Has Two Drivers"
https://bioneers.org/climate-change-has-two-drivers-weve-been-largely-ignoring-one-ztvz2604/#Bioneers #Nature #WildLife #Soil #SoilBioDiversity #RestoringNature #Ecology #Desertification #ReWilding #ClimateChange #Climate #SoilQuality #ClimateDiary #WaterIsLife #ClimateAction #BioDiversity
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Bioneers: "Climate Change Has Two Drivers"
https://bioneers.org/climate-change-has-two-drivers-weve-been-largely-ignoring-one-ztvz2604/#Bioneers #Nature #WildLife #Soil #SoilBioDiversity #RestoringNature #Ecology #Desertification #ReWilding #ClimateChange #Climate #SoilQuality #ClimateDiary #WaterIsLife #ClimateAction #BioDiversity
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про сетки, с помощью которых конденсируют туман в пустыне — https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c0ler0e4pxpo #deserts #freshwater #condensation #climatechange #desertification
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про сетки, с помощью которых конденсируют туман в пустыне — https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c0ler0e4pxpo #deserts #freshwater #condensation #climatechange #desertification
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Certain vegetation patterns can indicate both increased & reduced #ecosystem #resilience. According to a new model published in PNAS it depends on the spatial context. @CASUSscience #desertification #regimeshift #tippingpoint #dryland #spatialdynamics
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/01/vegetation-patterns-and-ecosystem-resilience-relationship-status-complicated -
Certain vegetation patterns can indicate both increased & reduced #ecosystem #resilience. According to a new model published in PNAS it depends on the spatial context. @CASUSscience #desertification #regimeshift #tippingpoint #dryland #spatialdynamics
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/01/vegetation-patterns-and-ecosystem-resilience-relationship-status-complicated -
Environmental Pressures Affect Up to 80% of Irrigated Land in Turkmenistan
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Environmental Pressures Affect Up to 80% of Irrigated Land in Turkmenistan
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*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(Current end of thread)
... #Water 💦 abuse👈, in particular from #Acquifers:
"👉...water that had been underground for millions of years.
So much so, that even the #Earth's axis has been affected.👈"https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114744646059015204
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Note: not being a civil engineer or architect, I have only limited research exposure in these areas.) -
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(Current end of thread)
... #Water 💦 abuse👈, in particular from #Acquifers:
"👉...water that had been underground for millions of years.
So much so, that even the #Earth's axis has been affected.👈"https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114744646059015204
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Note: not being a civil engineer or architect, I have only limited research exposure in these areas.) -
...on (exceptions possible, OFC.)
Needless to say, as we have seen from disaster reports from #Greece and #Italy, for instance, in recent years, the rate of top-soil #Erosion in the areas hit by such extreme-weather events, is bound to increase exponentially initially. This, in turn--and this is my understanding not being a #Climatologist either--will feed into the #Desertification feedback loop.
In short:
These catastrophic events may not be decades away anymore, but... -
...on (exceptions possible, OFC.)
Needless to say, as we have seen from disaster reports from #Greece and #Italy, for instance, in recent years, the rate of top-soil #Erosion in the areas hit by such extreme-weather events, is bound to increase exponentially initially. This, in turn--and this is my understanding not being a #Climatologist either--will feed into the #Desertification feedback loop.
In short:
These catastrophic events may not be decades away anymore, but... -
...about the publication of this benchmark study:
👉"*First Atlas of #Desertification in #Spain [#ADE]: More Than 40% of the Country Is at Risk*👈
#Murcia, #Albacete, #Almería, #LasPalmas, #Valladolid, and #Alicante are the provinces most affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the complete loss of land suitable for ecological and agricultural use...
[...]
"The...(#ADE), The ADE study, coordinated by specialists from the #UniversityOfAlicante (#UA) and the...
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...about the publication of this benchmark study:
👉"*First Atlas of #Desertification in #Spain [#ADE]: More Than 40% of the Country Is at Risk*👈
#Murcia, #Albacete, #Almería, #LasPalmas, #Valladolid, and #Alicante are the provinces most affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the complete loss of land suitable for ecological and agricultural use...
[...]
"The...(#ADE), The ADE study, coordinated by specialists from the #UniversityOfAlicante (#UA) and the...
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...@DoomsdaysCW
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(2/n)
...probably the whole #Iberian peninsula, including most of the #CanaryIslands, are @ risk of #Desertification 2), (passive) #CoolingTechnology has become a survival-critical instrument for the inevitable adaptation.
Needless to say, far too little is being done about it.2)
Here is a translation of the title and abstract of the renowned daily, #ElPaís,... -
...@DoomsdaysCW
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(2/n)
...probably the whole #Iberian peninsula, including most of the #CanaryIslands, are @ risk of #Desertification 2), (passive) #CoolingTechnology has become a survival-critical instrument for the inevitable adaptation.
Needless to say, far too little is being done about it.2)
Here is a translation of the title and abstract of the renowned daily, #ElPaís,... -
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(1/n)
Me, too. 😉
Let me tell you, too, that I think I remember watching a video of.. the only modern-day further delopment of this ancient #ClimateTechnology that I'm aware of 1)--is a video clip or TV documentary that showcased a trial of a #Madrid university.
As huge parts of #Spain and...
2)
elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2025-11-27/primer-atlas-de-la-desertificacion-en-espana-mas-del-40-del-territorio-esta-amenazado.html -
*Adapting to #Desertification*
#ClimateChange(1/n)
Me, too. 😉
Let me tell you, too, that I think I remember watching a video of.. the only modern-day further delopment of this ancient #ClimateTechnology that I'm aware of 1)--is a video clip or TV documentary that showcased a trial of a #Madrid university.
As huge parts of #Spain and...
2)
elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2025-11-27/primer-atlas-de-la-desertificacion-en-espana-mas-del-40-del-territorio-esta-amenazado.html -
It would be, I think will be, wonderful when solar panels at height are used at desert borders shrinking deserts, adding vegetation with partial shade, all while producing vast amounts of energy.
We ate at the edge of civilisation on a jewel.of planet.
ALL our problems are mismagement, theft and arrogant lunacy of billionaires.
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It would be, I think will be, wonderful when solar panels at height are used at desert borders shrinking deserts, adding vegetation with partial shade, all while producing vast amounts of energy.
We ate at the edge of civilisation on a jewel.of planet.
ALL our problems are mismagement, theft and arrogant lunacy of billionaires.
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Chinese Researchers Test Cyanobacteria-Based Soil Stabilization to Combat Desertification
📰 Original title: China transforma el desierto en tierra cultivable con cianobacterias
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/chinese-researchers-test-cyanobacteria-based-soil-stabilization-to-combat-desertification/?redirpost=56fa6a61-8294-44d3-9a2b-e2335b3c8181
