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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… 26 ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT BY MODELING HYDRIC EROSION TO SOILS OF AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO LÓPEZ, SANTOS … APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF WIND EROSION APPEARANCE UNDER UNTYPICAL CONDITIONS OF UKRAINE WEST … 45 WIND EROSION QUANTIFICATION AND MOVING DUNES IMPACTS IN THE SOUTH …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The United Nations General Assembly coined the term … and sparsely covered by vegetation are susceptible to erosion. Infrequent rains are particularly erosive, … and reduce vegetation cover, thereby exposing land to erosion by rain and wind. Landslides also occur easily. …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification and Climate Change

… land degradation owing to droughts and increased soil erosion owing to heavy rainfall events. CLIMATE CHANGE AND … land degradation owing to droughts and increased soil erosion owing to heavy rainfall events. CLIMATE CHANGE AND … land degradation owing to droughts and increased soil erosion owing to heavy rainfall events. CLIMATE CHANGE AND …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and desertification would, for example, include soil erosion control measures, famine relief programmes, and … to the integrated development of land, control of soil erosion, deforestation, reclamation of degraded land and … the government of Burkina Faso to develop appropriate soil erosion control techniques. The government of Canada may …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… small in relation to the scale of an ecosystem (e.g. local erosion within a river basin or a minor development within an … floods - coastal stabilisation (against accretion / erosion) - soil protection - suitability for human settlement … / retention capacity - protection against water erosion - protection against wave action - prevention of …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The Land in Numbers

… one-third of the world’s arable land has been lost to erosion and continues to be lost at a rate of more than 10 … 9. Pimentel, David: Soil Erosion: A food and environmental threat, p.1. …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… heating 9. Protect and restore ecosystems to avoid erosion, fires and dust storms 10. Reduce emissions of … nutrient use efficiency), enhanced product formulations, erosion control, livestock waste management and treatment • … use efficiency) and enhanced product formulations; erosion control, livestock waste management and treatment …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… they did not damage their land through exposure to erosion or overuse. following early warnings, they did not …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… must avoid or minimise land degradation, including soil erosion, compaction, geomorphic instability, contamination, …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… injury: the extinction of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and the dumping of persistent …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance