Executive Secretary of UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Yasmine Fouad: "Use of AI represents game-changer in digital transformation for dealing with land"

The United Nations declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. To draw public attention to the growing risks facing steppe, desert and dryland ecosystems and to the role of pastoral communities in protecting them, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification launched the international initiative "Silk Road Caravan" – an expedition across Eurasian rangelands with participants from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan.

TV BRICS reporter: Ekaterina Fomina