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Monitoring and evaluation refers to evidence-based measurement of the achievement of planned results. It enables a timely recognition and correction of problems in delivering a given task, and the identification of successful practices that can be strengthened and replicated.  Monitoring and evaluation increases the likelihood of a continuous delivery of tangible results. 

SEKEM’s sustainable land practice through biodynamic agriculture has successfully turned unproductive land into productivity and benefited the locals. Their ecological and social approach business model can transform vast areas of degraded areas if replicated in other parts of the world that are combating desertification.

Public policy makers from developed and developing countries, at all levels (national, regional, local), have the opportunity to take leadership as FLR financing champions. Even without controlling private capital, they can support resource mobilization in a number of ways This publication shares the experiences of some initiatives from around the world which public policy makers can learn…

A new report launched by ACT Alliance in cooperation with Bread for the World and Germanwatch stresses the need for governments meeting in Paris in December to address loss and damage that occurs as a result of climate change. The report highlights that a central challenge the world faces is to offer solidarity and coordinated help to those affected by loss and damage. It states that…

Changes in carbon stocks in biomass and soil reflect the integration of processes affecting plant growth and losses from terrestrial organic matter pools. Thus they reflect trends in ecosystem function, soil health and climate, as well as land use and management. This helps detect trends in the processes leading to and the management of climate change, desertification/ land degradation and…

Desertif'actions is the Civil society International Forum dedicated to land degradation and combating desertification. The forum brought together over 300 stakeholders from over 100 countries from June 10th to 13th 2015 in Montpellier (France). Civil society organizations, scientists, local government, farmer organizations, private and public institutions… met in Montpellier in order…