New Delhi, India – During a national workshop co-hosted by UNCCD and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of India…
MEDIA TRAINING January 26-27, 2019 Georgetown, Guyana Call for Applications from Journalists from…
The seventeenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention…
New Delhi, India – During a national workshop co-hosted by UNCCD and the Ministry of Environment,…
Katowice, Poland – UNCCD has joined other Rio conventions in the margins of the ongoing Climate…
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10/12/2018
MEDIA TRAINING January 26-27, 2019 Georgetown, Guyana Call for Applications from Journalists from the Caribbean Application deadline…
09/12/2018
Chitre, Panama – Over 100 representatives of the ministries of environment, agriculture and health together with delegates from research…
09/12/2018
Bangkok, Thailand – The World Soil Day (WSD) celebration was held on 5 December 2018 under the theme “Be the Solution to Soil Pollution.”…
06/12/2018
Katowice, Poland – UNCCD has joined other Rio conventions in the margins of the ongoing Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP24) to foster…
05/12/2018
World Soil Day is commemorated every 5 December to remind us that soil is important for both the natural system and human well-being. Our…
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