A bare, eroded area in the middle of a forest.
Land degradation

At the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) officially launched the Business4Land (B4L) Champions’ Council, a high-level coalition of global…

Land degradation

This report shows how human-driven land degradation impacts crop yields, identifies global vulnerability hotspots and examines where these losses intersect with poverty, hunger and other forms of malnutrition.

Land degradation

Land restoration can promote stability. According to the UNCCD, degraded land threatens security, and cooperation and sustainable measures are crucial for peace, as it stressed at MSC2025.

Land degradation

Urgent action is needed to transform land use and agriculture to stay within planetary boundaries, a new report warns, as six of nine critical Earth thresholds have already been breached.

Land degradation

Seeds are a critical first step in climate action, bolstering local livelihoods, enhancing food security, and preserving biocultural diversity. The just-launched ‘Right Tree, Right Place: Seed Project’ is using them to…

Land degradation

As land degradation accelerates across Africa, Asia and Latin America, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) urgently calls to step up restoration efforts.