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FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions

·November 4, 2025·1 min read

The finding comes in the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released on Monday in Rome. “The report delivers a clear message: land degradation is not just an environmental issue – it impacts agricultural productivity, rural livelihoods and food security,” the UN agency said. Human activity driving degradation Land is the...

Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation

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·December 5, 2024·3 min read

Business leaders have been meeting at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) conference being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is focusing on drought, land degradation and restoration issues. According to the UN, droughts have surged by nearly 30 per cent in frequency and intensity since 2000, threatening agriculture...

Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation

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·December 2, 2024·5 min read

Abdulrahman Alfadley, the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture was speaking as the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) got underway in the capital of the Middle Eastern country. The meeting, according to UNCCD, represents a “moonshot...