UN’s top drylands official says people must be paid via global carbon markets for preserving the soil 

Desertification and land degradation is “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and “a threat to global wellbeing”, according to the UN’s top drylands official, Luc Gnacadja, who says people must be paid via global carbon markets for preserving the soil. The executive secretary of UN’s Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will today launch the UN decade for the fight against desertification in London.

From,: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/dec/16/desertification-climate-change