WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT 2021

The 2021 Desertification and Drought Day theme, which will be held on June 17th, will be transforming degraded land into healthy land. Restoring damaged land improves economic resilience, job creation, income, and food security. It aids in the recovery of biodiversity as well as traps the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reducing climate change.

In December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared this day to raise awareness about the need for cooperation in the fight against desertification and drought. The United Nations General Assembly is also working to raise awareness about the link between consumption and land.

Humans have altered nearly three-quarters of the Earth's ice-free area to suit an ever-increasing demand for food, raw materials, roadways, and dwellings. Avoiding, delaying, and reversing the loss of fertile land and natural ecosystems is critical for a quick recovery from the epidemic and for people's and the planet's long-term existence.

Climate change-related land degradation, as well as the expansion of agriculture, cities, and infrastructure, "undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on Wednesday.

"Humanity is waging a relentless, self-destructive war on nature. Biodiversity is declining, greenhouse gas concentrations are rising, and our pollution can be found from the remotest islands to the highest peaks", Secretary-General António Guterres said, adding: "We must make peace with nature."

It will assist in expanding economic supply, create jobs around the world, raise individual and organizational incomes, and improve food security by repairing degraded land. When people work together to prevent desertification and drought, they can lock away the carbon in the atmosphere that warms the planet and avoid climate change, which has become a significant concern.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated earlier this week at a high-level United Nations discussion gathering that India is striving to restore 2.6 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.

Modi also stated during the meeting that India is assisting other developing countries in establishing land restoration methods and methods. Issues such as economy, food security, health, safety, and quality of life are all expected to improve due to these new policies.