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Key Events & Media Information

World Day to Combat Desertification

The World Day to Combat Desertification will take place on 17 June 2013. Share the events you organize with us, and pread the word about the day on social media.

Land for Life Award

The Land for Life Award is the only global award recognizing achievement in sustainable land management. Read about the innovative work by the semi-finalists and winners.

A Land-Degradation Neutral World and the post 2015 Agenda

A land degradation neutral world means that land degradation should be avoided, and for every hectare of degraded land a hectare of land should be restored, preferably in the same ecosystem and landscape. Read about our work to achieve this goal.

UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

The United Nations General Assembly declared that the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification will run from January 2010 to December 2020. The decade is an awareness-raising initiative to promote action that will protect the drylands.

Stay tuned for more information for the media about COP11 to be held in Namibia.