International Day Against Desertification and Drought: Working Together for Soil Revival 27/06/2021 Nghi Nguyen This year’s International Day Against Desertification and Drought (June 17, 2021) is focused on by the Secretariat of the Convention Against Desertification (UNCCD) on the reclamation and restoration of degraded land. Restoring poor quality land provides economic resilience, job creation, income growth and food security. At the same time, this is also the driving force for the restoration of biodiversity, reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere that is warming the earth, and reducing the rate of climate change. In addition, this action will also set the stage for a green recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic According to information from the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention against Desertification, on a global scale, land degradation affects 33% of the Earth’s land area, with consequences affecting up to 2.6 billion people in more than 100 countries. In addition to impacts on ecosystems, land degradation threatens to directly affect national and global food security. The General Department of Forestry, the national focal point for the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Desertification (UNCCD), determined: Increasing the forest cover rate and improving forest quality are the major contributors to the fight against degradation. soil, mitigating the effects of climate change and combating biodiversity loss, strengthening resilience against natural disasters and extreme weather events. One of the objectives in the Strategy for Forestry Sector Development in the coming time is: The national forest coverage rate will be maintained at about 42.0%; Planting trees and scattered trees: 1 billion trees, an average of 200 million trees/year. The International Day Against Desertification in 2021 has attracted the attention and response of a large number of social sectors to convey the message: “Join hands for the revival of the land”. Source: Department of Science, Technology and International Cooperation