Fighting drought

How to fight desertification and drought at home and away

It can protect against drought, flooding, landslides and erosion, while maintaining natural vegetation, which helps store carbon in the soil.

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - Wikipedia

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance celebrated each year on 17 June. ... Its purpose is to raise awareness of the ...

Solutions to Climate Change-Fueled Droughts in the Western US

This blog presents the state of the drought in the Western US and some solutions that must be carried out on a large scale to lessen its impacts and increase ...

Pakistan: Fighting Drought and Inequality to Ensure Food Security

Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by disaster and climate change in the world, and over 39% of its population still lives in the shadow of ...

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - cifor-icraf

The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to ...

Spain: Two billion euros' aid to fight against drought | Nieuwsbericht

To tackle the country's severe drought, the government has approved a 2.2 billion euro plan, of which 1.4 billion euros will mostly go to ...

Saudi Arabia strives to regreen deserts to tackle drought and land ...

Saudi Arabia pledges to plant tens of billions of trees in the country and wider region to combat drought, desertification, and land ...

Running Dry: The Battle for Water Security in Uruguay and Why It ...

Since 2020, Uruguay has suffered a series of droughts that have led to billions in losses in the agricultural sector, the country's biggest industry.

Drought policy - DAFF

The Australian Government is working with farmers, rural communities, the states and territories, and the farm, finance and not-for-profit sectors

How can we fight drought in Africa? | World Economic Forum

We found that planting food crops together with the native woody shrub Guiera senegalensis can improve crop growth with minimal costs. It's a ...

Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought, and the Role of ...

According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), restoring degraded land globally could lock away three billion ...

Explainer: Combating desertification and drought - Capital Monitor

Like a cycle, desertification and drought reduce productivity, which directly contributes to poverty. Most of the time, the only viable ...

Fighting against, and coping with, drought in Brazil - WUR eDepot

supply to deal with drought impacts; this strategy is referred to as the fight-against-drought paradigm. After more than a hundred years of fighting strategies ...

Why a World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought? - CARI

The purpose of this day on 17 June is to remind us each year of the dangers of desertification and drought around the world.

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance celebrated each year on 17 June.

Morocco Farmers Fight Drought With Better Agriculture Practices

Morocco's agricultural heartland has been hit hard by climate change. Successive droughts, interspersed with unexpected violent storms, ...

Confronting Drought in Africa's Drylands

dry seasons to groups of smallholder livestock-keepers (to prevent denial of ... Moderate drought Severe drought. 2010. 2030. 2010. 2030. 2010. 2030. Assaba. Arid.

How Does Drought Affect Our Lives?

If those dominoes were drought impacts, the first domino you knock over might be farmers' corn crops dying. The second domino might be that the farmers would ...

Fighting Desertification and Drought: A Global Commitment »

Fighting Desertification and Drought: A Global Commitment. The Importance of Sustainable Resource Management and a Shared Commitment.

Fog Collectors in the Canary Islands Combat Drought Tied To ...

Fog Collectors in the Canary Islands Combat Drought Tied To Climate Change. The summer of 2022 saw Europe's worst drought in 500 years, ...