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The United Nations has recognized desertification as one of the global environmental problems. Kazakhstan has joined the efforts to fight desertification but there is a long way to go and many obstacles to overcome.

• 03 октября 2014, 17:09

The American space agency has a published a photo taken in August, which shows the eastern basin of the Southern Sea completely dried up.

• 02 октября 2014, 01:18

As desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.

• 25 сентября 2013, 13:18

The National Center will be created to attract non-governmental and international organizations, local communities and business structures.

• 30 апреля 2013, 18:39

Some 74,000 Malians, who have been displaced by war and ethnic tensions, are in need of urgent help in the desert of Mauritania..

• 12 апреля 2013, 12:04

The bones of nine people were found in desert graves in violence-plagued northern Mexico, raising the number of remains found there since the weekend to 20, authorities said Monday.

• 27 ноября 2012, 16:39

Fifteen solar panel vehicles, some that look like small space ships, raced across Chile's Atacama desert Friday as part of a contest to build low-cost environmentally-friendly cars.

• 19 ноября 2012, 11:54

A 25-year-old man died and another was recovering in hospital Wednesday after they became stranded in the harsh Australian Outback, prompting warnings about the risks of the desert.

• 07 ноября 2012, 17:51