Cologne, Germany – To celebrate 2018 World Day to Combat Desertification , the UNCCD Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) team organized a…
The 2018 WDCD global observance was held in Ecuador, hosted by the Ministry of Environment . The…
Join us to raise awareness on the impact our everyday choices can have on the ground. Mismanagement…
The global economy will lose a whopping USD23 trillion by 2050 through land degradation, a review by…
The SPI is an innovative platform that facilitates dialogue between scientists and policy-makers and…
News & Events
15/06/2018
The European Court of Auditors has published a background paper on the effectiveness of the actions being taken by countries in the region…
11/06/2018
This year on World Day to Combat Desertification, we think about the real value of land. Not just its economic value. Land is worth so much…
06/06/2018
Moscow, Russia – More than 600 scientists from all over the world attended the Thematic Conference that commemorates the centennial of the…
05/06/2018
New Delhi, India – A global outlook, released by UN Environment on the World Environment Day 2018, provides a comprehensive analysis of the…
04/06/2018
Ankara, Turkey – The amount of soil carried by rivers in Turkey has been reduced to 154 million tons this year from about 500 million tons…
Knowledge Hub
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
29 May 2018 - Vikram Mehta: Recurring droughts are clear and present dangers11 May 2018 - Victor Tsang: "Gender=?" Probing the gender equation to get it right
10 April 2018 - Barron Joseph Orr: Fixing what the land is losing between the farm and your fork
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Global Land Outlook
The Global Land Outlook (GLO) is a strategic communication platform that demonstrates the central importance of land quality to human well-being.
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Capacity Building Marketplace
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