Desertification and Drought Day 2024
Desertification, land degradation and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with more than 40% of all land surface in the world already considered degraded.
A healthy land not only provides us with nearly 95% of our food, but much more: it clothes and shelters us, provides us with jobs and livelihoods, and protects us from worsening droughts, floods, and fires. Yet, every second, an equivalent of four football fields of healthy soil is degraded, totaling 100 million hectares each year.
The Desertification and Drought Day it is celebrated every year on June 17th, “United for the Earth. Our legacy. Our Future” is the theme chosen for 2024 and highlights the future of land management: our most precious resource for ensuring the stability and prosperity of billions of people around the world.
June 17, 2024 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the Bonn-based United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the only legally binding international treaty on land management and drought; one of the three Rio Conventions together with climate change and biodiversity.
Desertification and Drought Day has the following objectives:
- Promote public awareness of problems related to desertification, land degradation and drought
- Present human-driven solutions to prevent desertification and reverse drought intensification
- Strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
- https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/en/news/desertification-and-drought-day-2024
- Desertification and Drought Day 2024
- 2024-06-17T00:00:00+02:00
- 2024-06-17T23:59:59+02:00
- Desertification, land degradation and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with more than 40% of all land surface in the world already considered degraded. A healthy land not only provides us with nearly 95% of our food, but much more: it clothes and shelters us, provides us with jobs and livelihoods, and protects us from worsening droughts, floods, and fires. Yet, every second, an equivalent of four football fields of healthy soil is degraded, totaling 100 million hectares each year. The Desertification and Drought Day it is celebrated every year on June 17th, “United for the Earth. Our legacy. Our Future” is the theme chosen for 2024 and highlights the future of land management: our most precious resource for ensuring the stability and prosperity of billions of people around the world. June 17, 2024 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the Bonn-based United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the only legally binding international treaty on land management and drought; one of the three Rio Conventions together with climate change and biodiversity. Desertification and Drought Day has the following objectives: Promote public awareness of problems related to desertification, land degradation and drought Present human-driven solutions to prevent desertification and reverse drought intensification Strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
- When Jun 17, 2024 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
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