WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

June 17, 2020

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is being observed on June 17, 2020 with the theme “Food. Feed. Fibre. - the links between consumption and land.”

About:

Date of observance: The day is observed every year on June 17.
Objective of the day: To promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
Background: This day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 1995, after the day when United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was drafted.

2020 Theme: Food. Feed.Fibre. - the links between consumption and land

This year’s observance is focused on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption.
As populations become larger, wealthier and more urban, there is far greater demand for land to provide food, animal feed and fibre for clothing. Meanwhile, the health and productivity of existing arable land is declining, worsened by climate change.
Clothing and footwear production causes 8 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a figure predicted to rise almost 50 per cent by 2030.

Source : United Nations