Sentences with phrase «halt desertification»

Several African countries have recently begun a program to halt desertification in the Sahel, but even in places where the desert isn't advancing, agricultural lands face challenges from chemically intensive

By FRED PEARCE United Nations is poised to draw up a convention to halt desertification, the process by which fertile land turns into desert.

The African Union is planning an 8000 kilometre stretch of trees across the entire continent, but the Great Green Wall isn't the best way to halt desertification

Not exact matches

Absent specific strategies like these, current global targets addressing climate change, poverty, and biodiversity may fall short, including the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

GOAL 15 — Life on Land — Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Updated, 8:10 p.m. President Obama today joined the parade of leaders addressing a United Nations session hailing the adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, which range from extremely lofty («end poverty in all its forms everywhere») to doable but difficult («sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss»).

Goal 15: Conserve, restore and sustainably use terrestrial ecosystems, combat deforestation and desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss