The International Day for Disaster Reduction is celebrated on 13 October to showcase how people and communities around the world reduce…
The Trust for Sustainable Living invites schoolchildren around the world to share their ideas on how…
Agadez, Niger – A community stabilization project, recently launched by the International…
The International Day for Disaster Reduction is celebrated on 13 October to showcase how people and…
Picture above: co-partners, EIB, AFD, UNCCD and Mirova at the first closing of the LDN Fund…
News & Events
12/10/2018
Agadez, Niger – A community stabilization project, recently launched by the International Organization for Migration and supported through…
10/10/2018
The Trust for Sustainable Living invites schoolchildren around the world to share their ideas on how they can help achieve the UN…
28/09/2018
The UNCCD Secretariat welcomes the Pyongyang Joint Declaration of September 2018. We welcome the Summit’s pledge to actively promote…
28/09/2018
A technical workshop on the Caribbean sub-regional LDN transformative project "Implementing Gender-Responsive and Climate Smart Land…
27/09/2018
(la version en français suit / French text follows) At the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) general debate, H.E. Mr. Saad…
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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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UNCCD Science to Policy Weblog
13 September 2018 - Prof. Dr. Valdemar Rodrigues: Brazil sets up a novel model to reverse desertification
17 August 2018 - Mariam Traore: Governments agree on measures to help migrants fleeing degrading lands
9 July 2018 - Oumar Sylla and Everlyne Nairesiae: Progress in Land Indicators
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