Nations challenged to restore land fertility

Land degradation from farming, logging, mining and other human activities adds to the climate crisis and costs the world up to 17 percent of global GDP.

By Arete News - September 6, 2019

Desert dunes beyond an arid landscape near Gibeon in the Hardap region of Namibia (AN/Rob Oo)

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