{
  "id": 1899444,
  "title": "Reforestation and sustainable land & water management can help combat desertification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/reforestation-and-sustainable-land-water-management-can-help-combat",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:50:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/reforestation-and-sustainable-land-water-management-can-help-combat-desertification"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Serena Ferrari, Economist and Researcher at CIRAD. Desertification is driven by climate change, explains Ferrari, but economic and political choices, including intensive water use, chemical-dependent agriculture and the pursuit of ever-higher productivity, can intensify pressure on already fragile ecosystems. Mongolia makes this particularly visible: as a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}