Bonn, Germany – The Executive Secretary of UNCCD Ms. Monique Barbut and the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy…
Bonn, Germany – The Executive Secretary of UNCCD Ms. Monique Barbut and the Executive Secretary of…
The seventeenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention…
In a positive environmental turn, a record 120 countries are in the process of setting voluntary…
The first global assessment of land degradation based on Earth observation data reported by…
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18/01/2019
In a positive environmental turn, a record 120 countries are in the process of setting voluntary land degradation neutrality (LDN) targets…
08/01/2019
In the latest installment of the UNCCD science to policy weblog, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir writes about Iceland's goal…
20/12/2018
Please join us to mark some of this year's achievements, all of which have been made possible thanks to cooperation and support of all UNCCD…
19/12/2018
The first global assessment of land degradation based on Earth observation data reported by governments will be presented and reviewed at…
17/12/2018
The UNCCD Executive Secretary Ms. Monique Barbut joined the global leadership network that unites over 200 female & male decision-makers…
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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
The Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme supports countries to define LDN baselines and set voluntary LDN targets. All country information, including the country reports and/or country commitments to achieve LDN can be found on the Knowledge Hub.
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UNCCD Science to Policy Weblog
7 January 2019 - Katrín Jakobsdóttir: Iceland counting on land to reach carbon neutrality by 2040
11 October 2018 - Keith Bowers: Business could have a role in reversing desertification and restoring the landscape
13 September 2018 - Prof. Dr. Valdemar Rodrigues: Brazil sets up a novel model to reverse desertification
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Explore the latest publications, journals, articles, and references on desertification, land degradation, drought and sustainable land management.
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