The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ...

An aerial view of Africa’s Great Green Wall, restoring degraded land across the Sahel. Credit: UNCCDAugust 28, 2026 Africa ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the ...

By Grace Awuor OtienoFor communities across the Sahel, where degraded land, drought and food insecurity continue to threaten ...

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Desertification is a significant problem for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of Earth, whereby grasslands and shrublands become a comparatively barren desert as vegetation disappears over ...

A major revival of degraded land across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger was recognized today by the UN as one of three new World Restoration Flagships. Since 2018, the Sahel Integrated ...

In a world grappling with environmental threats, the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWI) emerged as an African solution to build a sustainable future across the vast Sahel ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Torrential rains during the Sahel’s rainy season (July to September) caused widespread flooding, displacing millions and submerging tens of ...

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became drier than it had been ...

The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are strengthening landscape productivity by restoring degraded ...