Combating Desertification: "Agroecology Has Become One of the Recognized Solutions in the negotiations."
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The COP 17 on desertification, less known than the one on climate, starts on Monday 17 August in Mongolia. While the challenges of combating water scarcity and land degradation are major, a political agreement remains far from being achieved.
The growing crisis of poor soil health will be at the heart of the COP's discussions on combating desertification, which opens on Monday, 17 August in Mongolia. While 70% of French land is degraded, France has officially declared itself "affected" by this phenomenon.
All over the world, soils are being damaged by our activities, even though they are essential for life. In arid climates, this is called desertification. How can we protect them? Jean-Luc Chotte, an emeritus researcher at the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) and a soil expert, chairs the French Scientific Committee on Desertification and is also involved in international negotiations. The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) on de…
COP 17 begins in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Monday, where desertification is particularly visible. 77% of Mongolian land is affected.
In the face of the ever-accelerating droughts, the COP 17 to combat desertification is opening on Monday in Mongolia. Will the plan launched in 2017 to achieve land degradation neutrality in 2030 really stop the projections? Today, 40% of the world's soil is degraded.
According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the frequency and duration of droughts have increased almost 30% since 2000. This face of the climate crisis will be one of the central themes of the 17th United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (COP17), which will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, between this Sunday (17) and 28 August. For the Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, Yasmine Fouad, the moment…
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