The Global Mechanism (GM) has the mandate to facilitate the mobilization of financial resources to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). To do this, the GM provides advisory services to countries that request guidance and works together with developing countries, private sector investors and donors to mobilize substantial resources at the national, regional and global levels to address desertification, land degradation and drought.

106 countries have successfully completed the LDN target setting process 1 as of April 2022.

One hundred of these countries having published their national reports detailing the outcomes of this process on
the UNCCD website, and 71 countries having officially adopted their LDN targets through high-level government
commitments.

The GM continues to support countries to finalize their voluntary LDN target setting or secure high-level political
commitments for LDN.
Measures that help to restore land and improve its management can offer multiple benefits to society
simultaneously — contributing to food and water security and/or helping to address biodiversity loss and
mitigate and adapt to climate change.

The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 75/218, affirmed that combating desertification, land degradation and drought and achieving land degradation neutrality will also contribute to safeguarding livelihoods, preventing and preparing for future pandemics and building back better in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This diversity of benefits associated with land restoration can be further explored in the UNCCD Global Land Outlook 2.