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Kehkashan Basu, the founder of a youth organization, GREEN HOPE UAE visited the GBM office and planted a tree to mark World Day to Combat Desertification. She has recently been elected as a Global Coordinator for Children & she is also  the Youth Ambassador  for World Future Council where Wanjira Maathai is a member.

We at the GBM celebrate this year’s theme: Land Belongs to the Future - Let’s Climate Proof It.

Approximately 1.5 billion people globally depend on degrading areas for their livelihoods, and nearly half of the world’s very poor (42%) live in degraded areas, making them some of the most insecure places in the world, and in some cases their instability can destabilize entire political regions.