2017 World Day to Combat Desertification Online Campaign

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71 million jobs can be created by 2030 if we achieve SDGs in the area of Food and Agriculture. *

World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is celebrated on 17 June each year to remind everyone of the importance of healthy and productive land. #2017WDCD sends a strong message about how land contributes to the sustainability, stability and security around the world.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) secretariat invites you to join the #2017WDCD campaign!

The land is our home, our future!

What can you do?

• Join or organize a campaign to promote sustainable land management (SLM) and land degradation neutrality (LDN)
  • Send your event details to wdcd2017@unccd.int , so we can help you promote it!
  • Use the official 2017 WDCD postcards, stickers and videos
• Support our campaign on Thunderclap
• Send L4L@unccd.int your inspiring SLM...
  • Stories
  • Short videos (less than one minute)
  • Photos
• Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, and Instagram
  • Like, share and retweet the UNCCD
  • Use #2017WDCD 
• Use our social media visual aides for your post: 
  • Fight or Flight
  • Productive Land
  • Our Land. Our Home. Our Future
  • Social media tool kit
• Share the following social media messages:
  • Degraded land steals the future of those who live on it. Everyone deserves a future. Let's make it happen! #2017WDCD @UNCCD
  • When land is productive, everything else follows: jobs, opportunities & life. Restore degraded land. Help us make it happen! #2017WDCD @UNCCD
  • 土地退化偷取人类的生机及未来。 每个人都应拥有生计的权力。让我们共同创造绿色未来，让更多人享有生计的机会! #2017WDCD @UNCCD
• Participate in a 2017 WDCD event!

If you would like to receive an E-certificate for supporting the 2017 WDCD campaign, please send materials confirming your participation to L4L@unccd.int

* Business and Sustainable Development Commission (2017) http://report.businesscommission.org/uploads/BetterBiz-BetterWorld_1702…