Food for Work
This U. N. "Food for Work" project in the Highlands of Ethiopia is mobilizing villages in a soil terracing project. The need is urgent: the UN estimates that each year Ethiopia loses 1,000 million tonnes of precious topsoil. (UNEP/Charles Stewart)
United Nations Environment Programme
"Desertification Means Famine"
Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme