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Desertification

The expansion of deserts, in places including Africa's Sahel, as a result of tree losses, climate change and land degradation, is making life harder for farmers, herders and many other people. What can be done to slow it?

No trees, no crops: Burkina Faso's women fall back on hard labour Sam Mednick
Countries awarded for combating crisis of desertification Matthew Ponsford
Here's how to reverse Africa's land degradation Nita Bhalla and Kim Harrisberg
As tractors dig to green the land, Niger women lose out on work Boureima Balima
Songs and sanctions help regreen Sudan's desert villages Hannah McNeish
Mediterranean warming fast, deserts may spread in Europe-study Reuters
Looking to beat back encroaching desert, Chile preserves forests Reuters
Drought, expanding deserts and food for jihad drive Mali conflict Chris Arsenault
Opinion
Climate change and desertification threaten social stability Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
A quarter of India's land is turning into desert - minister Reuters
Opinion
Dreaming of a green desert Pierre Herben, Farming First
Fighting the desert's advance with farm trees in Pakistan Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio
Senegal farmers fight desertification with trees George Fominyen
Drought and desertification a growing threat to food security - ... Laurie Goering
Opinion
In the battle against desertification, solutions exist William Dar
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