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Sustainable development and biodiversity conservation are two intertwined fields that prioritize ecosystem preservation, social advancement, economic expansion, and environmental preservation. The most pressing environmental, socio-economic, and political problem of our time is climate change, which is also one of the main drivers of desertification. Desertification is mostly caused by changes in the climate and human activity like overuse, improper farming methods, deforestation, rapid population increase, and unauthorized access to land and rights. One of the global environmental problems, desertification is the ongoing deterioration of arid landscapes, leading to a decrease in biological productivity. This, in turn, causes a decline in plant biomass, a reduction in land productivity for livestock, crop yields, and societal welfare. However, the effects of desertification brought on by human activity and global warming present difficult problems for the ecosystem today. Because of the extreme variations in temperature and precipitation, ecosystem services in arid regions are particularly susceptible to the effects of global warming. Climate change adaptation and mitigation are two potential strategies identified to address the effects of global warming or desertification. It involves breeding crops, using irrigation techniques to cool the environment, trading plants for carbon, and utilizing carbon capture and storage technology. Therefore, biodiversity conservation and global climate change reduction are linked to ecosystem management strategies aimed at halting desertification. Therefore, the population of the drylands may benefit from greater co-operation and efficacy that arises from the combined implementation of significant environmental accords.