droughts

A period of drought in the American Great Plains, combined with unsustainable agricultural practices, turns the region into a “Dust Bowl.”

As many as ten million people die as a result of the severe famine.

A severe famine hits the Deccan region in India from 1630–1632.

A great drought and subsequent famine strikes Southern India from 1876–1878.

A severe drought hits the region of the Sahel and West African Sudan, causing widespread famines.

A series of drought hits the Sahel from 1968 to the early 1980s, leading to one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the twentieth century.

A severe famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea affects eight million people.

The convention acknowledges that desertification and drought are global problems, and calls for international collaboration to combat its effects.