Why we need a “New Normal” for production and consumption

“Our population is growing but our natural resources are not. As we meet our needs for food, fibres, fodder, and other benefits, we are contributing to land degradation.”  This thought-provoking article on the IISD SDG Knowledge Hub is written by FAO’s Moctar Sacande and Tiina Vähänen.  There are ways to improve production and consumption to make them more sustainable. Restoring the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land would speed achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals.  One such approach is through Action Against Desertification (AAD), a programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO),  Read the article