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The land story: Country experiences with reporting on land degradation and drought

This publication showcases experiences from some 30 countries during the 2022 reporting process on the status and trends in land degradation and drought. It provides an insight to the range of approaches that countries have taken to overcome challenges related to data availability, reliability, analysis and upload, digital and geospatial literacy, as well as sufficient and timely financial…

The land story: Country experiences with reporting on land degradation and drought
COP28 joint statement on climate, nature and people

The UNFCCC COP28 and COP30 Presidencies, CBD COP15 and COP16 Presidencies, UNCCD COP15 Presidency and chairs of diverse partnerships, initiatives and coalitions affirm that there is no path to fully achieve the near and long-term goals of the Paris Agreement or the 2030 goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework without urgently addressing climate change,…

COP28 joint statement on climate, nature and people
The contribution of land and water management approaches to SLM and LDN

Tthe United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) prepared this report to better understand the alignment of different land and water management approaches with sustainable land management (SLM) and land degradation neutrality (LDN). This alignment was assessed using criteria that comprise three pillars essential to SLM and LDN: ecosystem health, food…

The contribution of land and water management approaches to SLM and LDN
GLO rangelands executive summary

This executive summary provides a synthesis of the key messages contained in the full report. In anticipation of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026, this report serves as a catalyst for global awareness and action. It analyses numerous case studies and good practices from around the world, drawing on the experience and lessons learned, and advocates for a new…

GLO rangelands executive summary
Securing tenure to restore land and safeguard livelihoods

The brief provides an overview of more secure tenure pathways to enhance the adoption and upscaling of regenerative agriculture, sustainable land management and restoration. It highlights the some of the activities of the UNCCD-FAO Joint Initiative that promote the recognition and enforcement of legitimate land rights and their potential to increase the effectiveness of land and ecosystem…

Securing tenure to restore land and safeguard livelihoods
Science-Policy Brief: integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to implementing Land Degradation Neutrality

Country Parties gathered at the UNCCD COP14 requested that the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI) provide “science- based evidence on the potential contribution of integrated land use planning (ILUP) and integrated landscape management (ILM) to positive transformative change, achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) and addressing desertification, land degradation, and drought issues” …

Science-Policy Brief: integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to implementing Land Degradation Neutrality
The contribution of integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to implementing Land Degradation Neutrality: Entry points and support tools

The report provides an analytical overview of common tools and approaches that are used, or can be used, to support integrated land use planning (ILUP) and integrated landscape management (ILM) and identifies ways in which these tools and approaches can aid in achieving LDN targets.

The contribution of integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to implementing Land Degradation Neutrality: Entry points and support tools