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Latest news
18/07/2019
The secretariat travels carbon-neutral to COP14!
UNCCD News
Bonn, Germany – Our staff will travel carbon-neutral to the COP14 in New Delhi, India. Unavoidable travel-related greenhouse gas emissions will be…
15/07/2019
GM and AfDB to build capacity of African stakeholders on LDN–climate change nexus
UNCCD News
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Mechanism (GM) of UNCCD, in partnership with UN Women, are joining forces…
01/07/2019
Initiative 20x20 calls for investment and public support to help restore lands in the LAC
UNCCD News
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Partners of Initiative 20x20 representing governments, impact investors, companies and technical experts met to advance the…
24/06/2019
A new tree grows in Bonn
UNCCD News
Bonn, Germany – A tree planting ceremony to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of UNCCD took place at the UN Campus in Bonn, attended by the Mayor of…
24/06/2019
Desertif’Actions 2019 - We are the land defending itself!
UNCCD News
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – “We are the land defending itself!” Nearly 400 participants from 40 different countries, representing 240 organizations,…
24/06/2019
Global Landscapes Forum hears voices from land advocates
UNCCD News
Bonn, Germany - Under the theme “Rights in the Landscape,” over 600 participants of the 2019 Bonn Global Landscapes Forum shared the vision towards a…
20/06/2019
UNCCD attends the fifth Bonn Challenge meeting in Latin America
UNCCD News
Photo: Minister of Environment/Germany Mr. Jochen Flasbarth and Vice-Minister Environment/Cuba Mr. Fidel Santana Havana, Cuba – Delegates from…
19/06/2019
2019 Land for Life Award winners announced
UNCCD News
Ankara, Turkey – On the occasion of the Word Day to Combat Desertification, His Excellency Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia,…
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04/11/2019
09/11/2019
GEO week 2019
04/11/2019
09/11/2019
Winning the fight against corruption in the land sector: sustainable pathway for Africa’s transformation
Press releases
17/06/2019
It’s everybody’s business to put degraded lands back to life, UN says
04/04/2019
Major new UN report calls for overhaul of global financial system
01/02/2019
Reviving dying land is doable by 2030, UN review concludes
29/01/2019
Momentum to recover land health picks up as rural livelihoods improve
Opinions
17/06/2019
25 years of protecting our land, biodiversity and climate
09/05/2019
World Migratory Bird Day 2019: message from Ibrahim Thiaw
07/03/2019
Smart tech will only work for women when the fundamentals for its uptake are in place
11/02/2019
UNCCD focal points and stakeholders are invited to support WDCD2019
