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Desertification

In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification

Deforestation, erosion and overgrazing, compounded by government neglect and climate change, created a crisis. But Brazil’s new leaders have made land restoration a priority and are looking to the international community for funding.

Story by Giovanna Carneiro and Inácio França, Marco Zero Conteúdo

A field of coconut trees cling to life as desertification advances around them in Icó-Mandantes, Brazil. Credit: Arnaldo Sete/MZ Conteúdo.
Seagulls flock over the recently tilled ground as a farmer prepares his field in Ruthsburg Maryland, on April 25, 2022. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’

By Georgina Gustin

Dalai Lake

China's Great Disappearing Lake

by Huo Weiya, Chinadialogue

Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World

By Guest Writer

Don't Sleep on Soil: Huge Carbon Sink is Leaking

By Max Ajl

Desertification Threatens Food Security and Climate

By Max Ajl

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