A World Without Land Degradation is Possible

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By Eurasia Review | 06 July 2012 | 143

Luc Gnacadja has rock-solid reason to be upbeat: some 100 heads of state and government agreed at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – better known as Rio+20 – to strive for “a land-degradation neutral world”, characterised by zero growth in desertification. In doing so they were responding to the UNCCD’s clarion call in a “policy brief” for ‘A Sustainable Development Goal for Rio+20: Zero Net Land Degradation’. The brief provides a snapshot of the world’s land, explains causes and impacts of land degradation and suggests pathways to land-degradation neutrality. Read More