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UNCCD Library exhibition presenting publications, information and awareness-raising materials related to the theme of World Day to Combat Desertification 2008. This year’s theme for the WDCD is combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a separate message marking the Day, said it was time to recognize that drylands and marginal lands are…
UNCCD Library exhibition presenting publications, information and awareness-raising materials related to the theme of World Day to Combat Desertification 2009. Don’t forget the ground on which we walk and the land that feeds us. If youfeed the land it will feed you back. This land is your land. Love your Land. This year's World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) has a…
The UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI) was established in 2013 and promotes dialogue between scientists and policy makers on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD). The composition of the SPI is designed to provide independent scientific perspective from the full range of disciplines relevant to the UNCCD, taking into account regional and global issues and policy considerations…
Report of the Conference of the Parties on its second extraordinary session, held from 6 to 9 December 2021
Sustainable land management (SLM), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and nature-based solutions (NbS) are widely-applied approaches that tackle certain drivers of these challenges in a goal-oriented way, in particular land degradation, climate change impacts and disasters due to natural hazards. UNCCD Decision 19/COP.14 paragraph 42…
Monitoring progress on our way to successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is key to their achievement, but there are significant data gaps that make this crucial exercise difficult. A new IIASA-led study explored the use of a citizen science tool known as Picture Pile to see how it could contribute to SDG monitoring. The 17 goals, 169 targets, and 231 indicators of…