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NAIROBI: The world needs to restore nature on land areas equivalent to the size of China by 2030 if it is to feed a fast-growing population, curb pollution, halt species loss and meet global goals...
UN Report: Countries Need to Restore Land Area Larger Than China to Avert Dangerous Warming Flathead National Forest, Montana Geneva Thompson/U.S. Forest Service Countries need to fulfill their commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land, an area larger than China, by 2030 to avert dangerous climate change, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The report warns that preserving existing natural areas will be insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Released in the lead-up ...
By Michael Taylor June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world needs to restore nature on land areas equivalent to the size of China by 2030 if it is to feed a fast-growing population, curb pollution, halt species loss and meet global goals to tackle climate change, U.N. agencies said on Thursday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Restore land the size of China to meet climate and nature goals, UN says Back to video Launched ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, a U.N.-backed report on restoring ecosystems highlighted ways to reverse t...
#176 of 176 articles from the Special Report: Food Insider In the 1930s, harmful agricultural practices transformed much of North America's Prairies into a dustbowl. Similar degradation to soils, oceans, and forest has since expanded worldwide and must be reversed, according to a new UN report. Photo by USDA / Fl The world must restore at least two billion hectares of land and ocean — an area roughly double the size of Canada — to prevent the planet from falling deeper into an ecological crisis fuelled by unchecked economic growth, warns a UN report released Thursday. Humans are using n...
Press Release – UN News An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planets biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and UN Environment Programmes ( … An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) call to reinstate at least one billion degraded hectares of...