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Latest news
12/06/2021
Costa Rica rallies up world leaders to act on land restoration
UNCCD News
EN ESPAÑOL Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Minister of the Environment and Energy Andrea Meza Murillo will lead an international…
11/06/2021
Media advisory: Press Kit for Desertification and Drought Day 2021
UNCCD News
**Other UN language versions available soon Desertification and Drought Day is celebrated every 17 June in every United Nations Member to keep the…
04/06/2021
UNCCD promotes LDN at the UNFCCC structured expert dialogue
UNCCD News
The UNCCD participated the Structured Expert Dialogue of the UNFCCC second Periodic Review to help identify gaps and opportunities in the efforts to…
28/05/2021
Caribbean nations collaborate on land-based climate action
UNCCD News
The meeting on “Advancing the design of a LDN Transformative Project/Programme in Caribbean SIDS for climate change mitigation and adaptation” took…
28/05/2021
Portrait of the week: Ricardo Landazuri
UNCCD News
Ricardo is an Environmental Engineer and a Master's degree candidate in Environmental Management, with studies in Economics, Environmental Consulting…
25/05/2021
GEF pledges 2 million USD to support UNCCD Parties reporting on land degradation and desertification
UNCCD News
The country Parties to UNCCD are required to submit national reports on the status of land degradation and desertification every four years. The UNCCD…
21/05/2021
Portrait of the week: Maria Wilvenna Añora
UNCCD News
Maria has an MBA with a minor in Chemical Engineering. She is the co-founder and the strategy lead of AtoANI (produce-to-demand sustainable…
18/05/2021
ELYX the UN digital Ambassador joins UNCCD for Desertification and Drought Day
UNCCD News
This journey for ELYX, the UN’s Digital Ambassador, begins on World Bee Day, 20 May 2021, with more stops ahead – the International Biodiversity Day…
Upcoming events
14/06/2021
High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought
16/06/2021
Annex IV Regional Scientific Conference for the Desertification and Drought Day 2021
17/06/2021
Desertification and Drought Day global observance
Event type
UNCCD Event
02/05/2022
06/05/2022
XV World Forestry Congress 2022
Press releases
11/06/2021
Costa Rica rallies up world leaders to act on land restoration
10/06/2021
High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD), 14 June 2021, 10.00 EDT
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
Opinions
02/06/2021
GLF Africa: Restoring drylands, accelerating action on the ground
26/05/2021
Launch of the 1st Global Rangelands Atlas
21/05/2021
Executive Secretary’s Corner: May 2021
19/05/2021
International Day for Biological Diversity 2021
