Bonn, Germany – UNCCD met with the newly appointed Executive Director of The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) Mr.…
Out of concern that “desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they…
The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties will take place from 2 to 13 September 2019…
The Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Target Setting Project recently won the inaugural Impact Award…
Bonn, Germany – UNCCD met with the newly appointed Executive Director of The Regional Environmental…
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12/06/2019
The Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Target Setting Project recently won the inaugural Impact Award of the International Union for…
04/06/2019
Kostyukovichi, Belarus – Peatlands occupy around 2.5 million ha in Belarus, only 900,000 of which still retain their natural state. Massive…
24/05/2019
Women farmers, project implementers, policy makers and NGO representatives came together on 13-17 May to discuss mainstreaming gender in projects that contribute to achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) targets in Zambia.
22/05/2019
The UNCCD coordinator for Northern Mediterranean Mr. Erdogan Ozevren met with India's Ambassador in Turkey Mr. Shri Sanjay Bhattacharyya on 17 May to discuss the preparations for the high-level segment of the upcoming UNCCD COP14 that will take place on 2-13 September 2019 in New Delhi, India.
21/05/2019
Around 500 participants from over 100 countries attended the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19) that took place on 15-17 May to discuss catalyzing efforts for reducing soil erosion – one of the processes of land degradation.
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LDN Conceptual Framework
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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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