UNCCD Terminology

The quality of an idea or practice which is new and different.
(Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/innovative.html)

The activity of insurance is intended to provide individual institutional units exposed to certain risks with financial protection against the consequences of the occurrence of specified events; it is also a form of financial intermediation in which funds are collected from policyholders and invested in financial or other assets which are held as technical reserves to meet future claims arising from the occurrence of the events specified in the insurance policies.

Optimizes the uses of crop and livestock resources through interaction and creation of synergies.

Land use planning that seeks to balance the economic, social and cultural opportunities provided by land with the need to maintain and enhance ecosystem services provided by the land-based natural capital. It also aims to blend or coordinate management strategies and implementation requirements across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.

A process to solve pest and disease problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. Any practice that attempts to capitalize on natural processes that reduce pest abundance.

Aims at managing soil by combining different methods of soil-fertility amendment together with soil and water conservation. ISFM is based on three principles: maximizing the use of organic sources of fertilizer (e.g. manure and compost application, nitrogen-fixing green manure and cover crops); minimizing the loss of nutrients; and judiciously using inorganic fertilizer according to needs and economic availability.

Established in 1986, IGAD is a sub-regional intergovernmental organisation that amongst other attributions, assists East African countries to implement the Convention. IGAD’s members include Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea.

The INCD was established (General Assembly Resolution 47/188) in early 1993 as a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly with a mandate to negotiate the Convention. It held 10 sessions and prepared for the organization of the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP-1). It completed its work in August 1997.

In finance, investment is putting money into an activity with the expectation of gaining revenue, which upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security of principle, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time. For the purpose of UNCCD reporting, investment refers to the use of non-grant instruments allocating financial resources, public or private, for projects, programmes and other relevant activities related to UNCCD implementation.

Aims to achieve higher water use efficiency through more efficient water collection and abstraction, water storage, distribution, and water application.

Certain non-EU industrialized countries meet as a group to discuss various issues. The group was originally composed of Japan, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Iceland, Mexico and the Republic of Korea may also attend meetings.

A web-based or other system explicitly designed for the management and sharing of knowledge (such as data, information, tools, skills, expertise, best practices and success stories) among members within an organization or a network (for example, the PRAIS platform).

Observed (bio) physical cover on the Earth’s surface

Class of land cover within a broader set of classes defined within a land cover classification system. It is specified by the properties of the elements that constitute a particular class. See also ‘Classifier, class’, ‘Classification system’, ‘Land Cover’

For the purpose of SDG Indicator 15.3.1 reporting, land degradation is defined as the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from a combination of pressures, including land use and management practices.

A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources necessary to support ecosystem function and services and enhance food security remain stable or increase within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems