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Help preserve land – our 'home and future' – UN urges on World Day to Combat Desertification

Jun 18, 2017, at 04:11 am

New York, June 17(Just Earth News): With hundreds of millions of people around the globe directly affected by desertification – the degradation of land ecosystems due to unsustainable farming or mining practices, or climate change – United Nations agencies have called for better management of land so that it can provide a place where individuals and communities “can build a future.”