UN • 2026-08-25

Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief

Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1 trillion a year, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned at a major UN land conference in Mongolia.

The Guardian • 2026-08-25

‘It’s the unseen pollution’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats

The Guardian • 2026-08-25

Going with the grain: how restoring biodiversity led one farmer back to heritage wheat

Henry Astor looked back to his grandfather’s time for the inspiration to find older varieties that could help nature on his Cotswold farm

UN • 2026-08-25

Can restoring land create jobs? These young entrepreneurs are proving it

From Ecuador to Bangladesh, a new generation of entrepreneurs is turning land restoration into economic opportunity. Whether repurposing agricultural waste, building greenhouses or deploying AI-powered sensors, they are showing, with support from a United Nations-backed initiative, that restoring land can also generate income and improve livelihoods.

UN • 2026-08-20

The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?

What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it?

UN • 2026-08-17

Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification

As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities, and rising seas are erasing territories. One environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet.

UN • 2026-08-15

The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter

In northern Kenya, a herder scans the sky for rain that hasn't come. The grass his animals need is thinning by the day.