Is the new government doing anything to combat desertification?
The African Union has launched the Green Wall Sahara Initiative to combat desertification across the Sahel.
There is a UN convention to combat desertification and the word appears in sustainable development goal 15.
In the two decades since the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) came into force, desertification has worsened considerably.
I'm traveling with Monique Barbut, who heads the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, and Adamou Chaifou, Niger's minister of environment.
On the environmental front, in the first year of his presidency alone 10 million trees were planted in an effort to combat desertification.
The move reportedly makes Canada the only nation in the world not party to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, or Unccd.
The United Nations, which marked World Day to Combat Desertification on 17 June, describes drought as the "world's costliest natural disaster".
Syria and Jordan are predicted to lose 30% of their fertile land to desertification if measures are not urgently taken to combat desertification and land degradation.
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification, which meets in Ankara next month, "would be a natural ally," says Pozzi. "But their main focus is on policy".
OSS is an independent international organisation based in Tunis, Tunisia, that was founded in 1992 to combat desertification and mitigate drought in Africa.
