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Latest news
08/04/2021
Portrait of the week: Patricia Kombo
UNCCD News
Patricia Kombo is a young social entrepreneur and a climate activist from Kenya. She studied journalism at Moi University and is known for her tree…
01/04/2021
Portrait of the week: Baaba Maal
UNCCD News
Senegalese singer and UNCCD Land Ambassador Baaba Maal believes that the future of Africa is in the hands of the youth. He is actively supporting the…
21/03/2021
World Water Day 2021
UNCCD News
Statement by UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw All of our planet’s inhabitants – humanity, and all wildlife species – require water to survive…
19/03/2021
International Day of Forests 2021
UNCCD News
Statement by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw This year’s International Day of Forests theme of ‘Forest restoration: a path to recovery and…
18/03/2021
GEO-LDN Competition winner announced
UNCCD News
The Group on Earth Observation Land Degradation Neutrality (GEO-LDN) Initiative announced the winner of its international technology innovation…
15/03/2021
CRIC19 is meeting online
UNCCD News
UN TV webcast The nineteenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19) to the UNCCD will be conducted…
09/03/2021
Countries move closer to visualizing key data
UNCCD News
At least 90 countries have already set voluntary national targets to restore more than 450 million hectares of land under UNCCD – the largest global…
03/03/2021
Portrait of the week: SPI members
UNCCD News
UNCCD relies on the input of expert women in implementing its mandate. In particular, the members of our Science-Policy interface (SPI), which guides…
Upcoming events
14/04/2021
3rd UNCCD CST14 Bureau meeting
19/04/2021
22/04/2021
Global symposium on soil biodiversity 2021
20/05/2021
High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought
03/06/2021
Restoring Africa’s Drylands - accelerating action on the ground
Press releases
13/01/2021
Canada to support land restoration in developing countries
11/01/2021
Great Green Wall receives over $14 billion to regreen the Sahel – France, World Bank listed among donors
25/11/2020
Nominations for prestigious UN Award Open
17/09/2020
UN Security Council debate on maintenance of international peace and security
Opinions
08/04/2021
COP14 Bureau opening remarks by Ibrahim Thiaw
07/04/2021
World Health Day 2021
30/03/2021
Meeting with African Group Ambassadors
30/03/2021
UNCCD welcomes two new initiatives to recover millions of hectares of degrading land
