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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% 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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