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The “International Conference on Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing” was the final event of the EC-funded project DROUGHT-R&SPI: Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing. The event aimed to discuss drought related research and the advances on response policies in order to foster the development of Drought Policies and Plans to reduce risk and…

The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development. In the final document of the conference of the United Nations on sustainable development in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Conference), the international community thus agreed to strive for a “land degradation neutral world”. The legal study by Ecologic Institute, Berlin, firstly scrutinizes some…

ICCD/COP(12)/20/Add.1 Decision 9/COP.12 Leveraging of synergies among theRio conventionsand promoting partnerships with other international agencies and bodies The Conference of the Parties, Recalling article 1 of the Convention, Also recalling decision 9/COP.11, which requests a review and assessment of the progress made by the UNCCD secretariat in…

In West Africa, many countries are adversely affected by the effects of desertification, land degradation and drought(DLDD), with climate change also increasingly making an impact on local livelihoods. The most visible consequences are a loss of soil fertility and a reduction in agricultural productivity, which can lead to food and social crises and, consequently, to increased poverty…

Land-based financing (LBF) is a collective name given to a range of tools by which local governments could expand their revenue base and generate funds that will help them realize their service delivery, infrastructure development and maintenance goals. The broader contexts within which this tool is being developed are local governance and sustainable urbanization. Therefore, LBF does not include…

The Soil Leadership Academy, a Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) support platform, is launching its simulation workshops at the UNCCD’s 12th Conference of Parties in Ankara, Turkey. The Soil Leadership Academy (SLA) is a special initiative of the UNCCD, which aims to motivate decision-makers to start thinking about LDN, and to demonstrate how LDN can benefit their country or business.