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Desertification and soil salinisation in Tunisia: why does it happen and what’s the solution?
Excessively salty soil is one of the biggest threats to agriculture and food security. In this blog, Dr Nissaf Karbout explains why soil salinisation is degrading critical cropland in Tunisia and considers what the future holds for farmers in the region. Globally,...
Community visions of desertification resilience
In this blog, Lindsay C. Stringer MBE, Professor in Environment and Development and Dr Thomas Timberlake, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, share their research on community visions of the future for each of the five...
Carob – a future-food that can grow in dryland areas
By Dr Charlotte Chivers Summary: Carob, a drought-tolerant Mediterranean tree, is gaining attention as a climate-resilient crop for drying regions where traditional agriculture is struggling. Mature trees survive on minimal rainfall and poor soils, though seedlings...
Green walls and straw checkerboards: Global efforts towards reversing desertification
By Andrew Arkle Desertification is a contemporary problem, exacerbated by human-driven climate change and the mismanagement of natural resources. Efforts are underway worldwide to remediate and reverse desertification, with some successes. This blog looks at some of...
Beyond the green: land productivity as a window into desertification
If we want to know whether land is slithering towards desertification – or recovering from it – one of the best clues is its ‘productivity’. In simple terms, productivity is the land’s ability to grow plants.
Transforming Food Systems to Reverse Land Degradation and Combat Desertification
A new Nature paper, co-authored by Professor Lindsay Stringer of TERRASAFE, shows that transforming global food systems could play a pivotal role in bending the curve of land degradation - a major driver of desertification in dryland regions. The study outlines a...
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations
In this blog, Rosanna Salvia and Giovanni Quaranta offer solutions to depopulation-driven desertification that go beyond technical fixes.
Depopulation as a driver of desertification
Across southern Europe, the loss of traditional farming practices is accelerating the decline of the land.
Building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening
Are you running a community project? Learn how TERRASAFE works with community members and what our approach means for you.
Why desertification in the EU needs urgent policy action
The gaps in European desertification policy and opportunities for policymakers to bring the problem under control.