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It is estimated that 20% of global land is either degraded or undergoing degradation, leading to an annual loss of 12 million hectares of productive land (UNCCD 2017). In Africa, some 715 million ha are degraded, including 65% of all arable land, 30% of all grazing land and 20% of all forests. This is due to increasing populations, poor land management, institutional challenges and climate change…

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About UNCCD Convention A. The Convention The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is an international agreement on good land stewardship. It helps people, communities and countries create wealth, grow economies and secure enough food, clean water and energy by ensuring land users an enabling environment for sustainable land management. Through…

The COVID-19 crisis is affecting many different aspects of the world of work and its effects are likely to be long-lasting. The crisis is affecting how and where we work, it has led to a sharp drop in employment and hours worked and it affects workers’ incomes, job security and job prospects for young people arriving on the labour market (ILO 2020i). The economic damage it causes is expected to…

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Established in 1994, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found. The…