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This is a guide to the Goals for students, created by The Latin America and Caribbean movement for Children. It includes facts and exercises for children to learn independently. A publication of the Global Movement for Children of Latin America and Caribbean – MMI-LACOriginally Published: October 2014 Updated: August 2015 Books and comics, Introducing the Global Goals …

This is a flexible, fun set of activities for parents and educators of young children. They take learning off-screen, introducing big ideas while developing social and emotional skills through play. Kids will: • Develop empathy, curiosity, problem solving, creativity and effective communication. • Explore concepts like peace, community, nature and home. • Be introduced to the Global…

The General Assembly, in its resolution 62/195, declared 2010–2020 the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. At the sixty-ninth session of the Assembly, the Secretary-General presented a report on the activities and special events carried out in the first half of the Decade (A/69/311) by the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification…

In Niger, since the droughts of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the most successful land restoration strategies has been the regeneration of native trees in farmers’ fields. This has led to a reduction in soil erosion and an improvement in soil fertility (Garvi 2001; Birch et al. 2016). But the focus has often been on the positive effects of trees on annual crop yields, missing the other direct…

In Ghana and elsewhere, FFPOs and forest and farm producers are on the front line of the risks and impacts of land degradation. But as has been illustrated during the Covid-19 crisis, FFPOs also have a key role in supporting or directly providing services that governments sometimes find it challenging to deliver. Supporting FFPOs is thus key to building long-term resilience to risks and shocks…

Dryland restoration should be facilitated and enhanced through dynamic and participatory decision making processes. Progressive and reflective learning drive change in decision makers (in communities and in government) towards a better understanding of why institutional arrangements, seedling quality and management matter to successful dryland restoration. Restoration attempts…