INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(UNCCD).Desertification is a phenomenon that ranks among the greatest environmental challenges the world is facing.Currently, drought and
desertification, as a part of a prevalent phenomenon called climate change, are imposed on the world, including Iran.Iran is home to about
(SDSs) are among the contributing factors to desertification
The country has adopted different measures to mitigate the impacts of SDSs
Enhancing collaborations among different organizations to manage dust storms produced by internal dust zones effectively; holding bilateral
and multilateral meetings with the officials of Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Qatar, and Kuwait, and implementing the agreements
Rather, it is the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by climate change and mainly human activities: unsustainable farming that
depletes the nutrients in the soil, mining, overgrazing (animals eat away grasses and erode topsoil with their hooves) and clear-cutting of
land, when the tree and plant cover that binds the soil is removed
It occurs when trees and bushes are stripped away for fuelwood and timber, or to clear land for cultivation.Wind and water erosion aggravate
the damage, carrying away topsoil and leaving behind a highly infertile mix of dust and sand
It is the combination of these factors that transforms degraded land into desert
Earth Summit, desertification, along with climate change and the loss of biodiversity, were identified as the greatest challenges to
sustainable development.Two years later, in 1994, the General Assembly established the UNCCD
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
