A new international study led King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in collaboration with scientists from five continents, including members of the AEON Collective and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), offers a blueprint to reverse the accelerating land degradation that is threatening food and water security, social stability, and biodiversity. 

Published in Nature, the paper outlines three actions – increasing food production and consumption from the sea, reducing food waste by 75%, and restoring 50% of degraded land – that will reverse the trajectory of land degradation by 2050.