By Monica Chiriac and Maria Veger/IOM Niger Agadez, Niger – Since December 2018, migrants staying at UN International Organization for…
By Ibrahim Thiaw, Under-Secretary General of the UN and Executive Secretary of UNCCD Science and…
Out of concern that “desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they…
In a positive environmental turn, a record 120 countries are in the process of setting voluntary…
As the UN Convention to Combat Desertification celebrates its 25th year, the 2019 Land for Life…
News & Events
12/03/2019
Guiyang, China – Mr. Pradeep Monga, UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary, on behalf of UNCCD, and Mr. Xu Qinglin, on behalf of Ningxia Forestry…
08/03/2019
Bonn, Germany – UNCCD has joined other UNBonn organizations on 8 March 2019 to celebrate the International Women's Day. This year’s…
07/03/2019
By Ibrahim Thiaw, Under-Secretary General of the UN and Executive Secretary of UNCCD Science and technology offer exciting pathways for…
25/02/2019
As the UN Convention to Combat Desertification celebrates its 25th year, the 2019 Land for Life Award will be dedicated to “Decades of…
19/02/2019
Dear colleagues, On the occasion of the UNCCD 25th anniversary and within the implementation of its Gender Action Plan , the UNCCD…
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LDN Conceptual Framework
The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), developend by the UNCCD SPI, provides a bridge between the vision and the implementation of LDN in practice.
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Countries with voluntary LDN targets
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7 January 2019 - Katrín Jakobsdóttir: Iceland counting on land to reach carbon neutrality by 2040
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13 September 2018 - Prof. Dr. Valdemar Rodrigues: Brazil sets up a novel model to reverse desertification
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