{"id":91885,"date":"2014-06-16T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=91885"},"modified":"2014-06-16T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T11:00:54","slug":"the-secretary-general-message-on-world-day-to-combat-desertification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=91885","title":{"rendered":"THE SECRETARY-GENERAL  &#8212;  MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6k7COk6f0FcKikgNdnHxiGdjmI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44558\" alt=\"\u057a\u0561\u0576\u0563\u056b \u0574\u0578\u0582\u0576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6k7COk6f0FcKikgNdnHxiGdjmI.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6k7COk6f0FcKikgNdnHxiGdjmI.jpg 640w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6k7COk6f0FcKikgNdnHxiGdjmI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6k7COk6f0FcKikgNdnHxiGdjmI-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><i style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cLand belongs to the future, let us climate-proof it\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Land degradation, caused or exacerbated by climate change, is not only a danger to livelihoods, but also a threat to peace and stability. \u00a0The warning signs lie in conflict between pastoralists and subsistence farmers competing for more productive land and communities fighting over increasingly scarce water resources. \u00a0We see the symptoms of insecurity in global food market volatility, internal displacement and mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>While land degradation is acutely felt in the world\u2019s arid lands, some 80 per cent is actually occurring outside these areas. \u00a0More than 1.5 billion people subsist on land that is degrading \u2013 the majority of whom are small farmers.\u00a0 Climate change directly threatens their productivity. \u00a0In many regions, freshwater resources are declining, food-growing areas are shifting and crop yields are faltering.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, unpredictable and extreme weather is predicted to have an even greater impact on food production.\u00a0 With world population rising, it is urgent that we work to build the resilience of all productive land resources and the communities that depend on them. \u00a0We need to manage the land sustainably, avoid further degradation, and reclaim and repair that which has been damaged. \u00a0More than 2 billion hectares of land have potential for restoration and rehabilitation. \u00a0We need to inspire action that will prompt the recovery of these areas.<\/p>\n<p>Recovering land that is degrading will have multiple benefits.\u00a0 We can avert the worst effects of climate change, produce more food and ease competition over resources.\u00a0 We can preserve vital ecosystem services, such as water retention, which protects us from floods or droughts. \u00a0And a comprehensive and large-scale approach to land recovery can create new jobs, business opportunities and livelihoods, allowing populations to not only survive but thrive.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of this year\u2019s World Day to Combat Desertification is \u201cLand belongs to the future, let\u2019s climate-proof it\u201d.\u00a0 It can be done, as communities in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have shown by recovering more than 5 million hectares of degraded land. \u00a0Let us take inspiration from these and other examples and protect and nurture the land for this and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLand belongs to the future, let us climate-proof it\u201d &nbsp; 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