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12/08/2020

Russia joins the Northeast Asia DLDD Network

Russia Joins the Northeast Asia DLDD Network
UNCCD News
The Russian Federation has joined the Northeast Asia Network for DLDD (DLDD-NEAN) as of 13 July 2020. DLDD-NEAN, an official reporting entity, is a…
12/08/2020

UNCCD CRIC19 to take place on 10-12 February 2021 in Bonn

UNBonn
UNCCD News
The nineteenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention CRIC 19 of the United Nations Convention to Combat…
11/08/2020

International Youth Day 2020

Land Heroes
UNCCD News
Today is International Youth Day! It is the opportunity to salute the incredible work done on the ground by young people all around the world who take…
07/08/2020

Regional project on drought risk management for Southern Africa launched

SADC meet
UNCCD News
UNCCD and its partners from IUCN, FAO, SADC Secretariat and IWMI gathered today for a virtual launch of the Regional Project on Drought Risk…
03/08/2020

UNCCD podcast series: new episode

podcast episode 3
UNCCD News
The third episode features Mr. Bongani Simon Masuku, the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kingdom of eSwatini, UNCCD National…
29/07/2020

Update on the regional initiative to combat drought and SDS in Central Asia

CAREC_meet
UNCCD News
UNCCD and CAREC organized an online stakeholder consultation to exchange recommendations on the project “Regional approaches for combating sand and…
22/07/2020

Tina Birmpili of Greece appointed as UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary

Tina Birmpili
UNCCD News
UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw announced the appointment of Tina Birmpili of Greece as the next Deputy Executive Secretary of UNCCD.
20/07/2020

Competition to design a land-use planning software for Land Degradation Neutrality

GEO LDN competition
UNCCD News
An international technology competition to design software that can support well-informed land use decisions is launched by the Group on Earth…
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