World Day against Desertification and Drought 2025, Colombia will address land degradation with nature-based solutions

Desertification, land degradation and drought are some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Today, it is considered degraded to 40 per cent of the earth’s surface. A healthy land provides us with almost 95 per cent of food, clothes and shelter, provides us with work and livelihoods, and protects us from droughts, floods and forest fires. On the other hand, population growth and unsustainable patterns of production and consu…