{"id":359861,"date":"2025-06-17T15:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=359861"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:04:52","slug":"acsad-holds-a-workshop-to-address-land-degradation-in-the-arab-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=359861","title":{"rendered":"ACSAD holds a workshop to address land degradation in the Arab region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Damascus, SANA- The Arab Center for the studies of Arid Zones and dry lands (ACSAD) held Tuesday workshop titled \u201ccombating desertification and restoring degraded ecosystem in the Arab World\u201d at its headquarters in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u0627\u0643\u0633\u0627\u062f-111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-359863 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u0627\u0643\u0633\u0627\u062f-111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the workshop held on the occasion of the World Day to combat desertification and drought, Nasr AL-Dine El -Obeid, Director-General OF ACSAD, emphasized the importance of addressing land degradation, which threatens food and water security in drylands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDesertification threatens more than a billion people worldwide\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Al-Obaid reviewed key ACSAD projects aimed at combating desertification, including land rehabilitation in Jabal al-Bishri and the Syrian Badia, as well as regional initiative in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his part, Dr. Firas Al-Ghammaz from the Ministry of Agriculture presented successful experiments on reducing soil erosion and coastal fires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Desertification Day marks June 17th of each year, with the aim of raising awareness of its dangers and ways to combat it.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-359861 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?attachment_id=359867'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u0627\u0643\u0633\u0627\u062f-333.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?attachment_id=359868'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u0627\u0643\u0633\u0627\u062f-222-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Reem Safi\/ Abdulrahim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA- The Arab Center for the studies of Arid Zones and dry lands (ACSAD) held Tuesday workshop titled \u201ccombating desertification and restoring degraded ecosystem in the Arab World\u201d at its headquarters in Damascus. 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