Sustainable Land Management : Crucial for Mitigating Land Degradation & Preserving Ecosystem Services - By Ranjeet Shah
Worldwide, land degradation and desertification due to deforestation, over-grazing, soil erosion, urbanization and unsustainable agricultural practices has accelerated. These conditions reduce productivity and increase food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty, and conflict. Therefore, to meet human and ecological needs, competing demands for land and resources must be reconciled.
The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) was held from 26th February to 1st March, 2024, at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme ‘Effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.’
The session adopted 15 resolutions, including a resolution on land ....