Istanbul, Turkey – Scientists and experts from West Asia, Central Asia and the Balkans, together with the representatives of the UNCCD, UNEP and WMO, attended the Sixth International Sand and Dust Storm (SDS) workshop on 12-15 November 2018 to discuss the importance of partnerships in addressing SDS…
The online registration process opens on 22 November 2018 and closes 10 January 2019.
Bonn, Germany. For the first time since the adoption of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in 1994, world governments are meeting to consider the impact of land degradation on people and ecosystems, drawing on data gathered on the ground. The meeting…
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian Meteorological Service and the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Center (DRMKC) of the European Commission organized an international training course on drought risk assessment on 6–8 November 2018 to discuss the increasing frequency, severity and intensity of…
China has emerged as a champion in the fight against desertification by investing heavily in land restoration efforts through several major initiatives. The Three-North Shelterbelt programme, also known as the "Green Great Wall of China," is a national tree-planting project designed to rehabilitate…
Seoul, Republic of Korea – The 2018 REDD+ International Symposium, organized by the Republic of Korea Forest Service (KFS), took place on 31 October 2018, bringing together participants from UN agencies and international organizations, national institutions, universities and government agencies. The…
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – Around 100 representatives of UN organizations, Iranian national institutions and government agencies from the countries of Asia and the Pacific gathered on 5-6 November 2018 for an expert consultation meeting on regional cooperation to build disaster resilience.…
Konya and Mersin, Turkey – The 16th International training on combating desertification took place on 22-27 October 2018, bringing together international experts from the country parties of the Pan African Agency for the Great Green Wall (PAGGW) and Arab Organization for Agricultural Development…
10 am – 1 pm PCCB Capacity Building Hub Climate Change Conference COP 24 Katowice, Poland UNCCD, together with its sister Rio conventions , FAO and UN-Habitat, will participate in the side event on the margins of the upcoming UNFCCC COP 24 in Katowice, Poland. The event, supported by the Paris…
Kyoto, Japan – The new Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative (GEO LDN Initiative), launched during the Group on Earth Observations Week 2018 , will bring together Earth observation data providers and governments to develop quality standards, analytical tools and capacity building needed to…
"The Group of Earth Observations launches a new, innovative initiative to put Earth Observation (EO) data in the hands of national and local decision makers in order to halt and reverse land degradation, and Germany immediately pledges EUR100,00 (USD$113,000) for the initiative."
Kyoto, Japan. Over 75% of the world’s land surface is significantly…
New York, USA – The delegates from the parliament of Iceland visited the UNCCD New York Liaison office on 24 October 2018 to discuss the work of the convention and the role of land restoration in achieving Iceland’s recent decision to go carbon neutral by 2040. Speaking to the delegates, the Chief…
Kazbegi, Georgia – The regional conference “Integrated Erosion Control – from local experience to a vision for the South Caucasus,” organized by GIZ South Caucasus, Regional Environmental Center for South Caucasus and the UNCCD Secretariat, took place on 17-19 October 2018. Around 80 participants…
The new course that aims to provide better understanding of linkages between gender and environment is the result of a joint initiative led by the Global Environment Facility ( the GEF) and its Small Grants Programme (SGP) in collaboration with the GEF Gender Partnership and the United Nations…
Bonn, Germany – Five regional training workshops on reporting have been conducted in March-May 2018 as part of the capacity building activities implemented by the UNCCD secretariat , the Global Mechanism (GM), UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The workshops have been attended…
Bolzano/Bozen, Italy – Researchers, practitioners, representatives of governmental structures, NGOs, UN agencies and the private sector institutions converged this week in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in the Alps of northern Italy for the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS)…
Bonn, Germany – Once again UNCCD has joined other UN organizations based in Bonn for a yearly celebration in the historic Marktplatz on 20 October 2018. To entice the crowds to visit the UNCCD booth and learn more about the organization's work, the Capacity Building Marketplace team designed fun…
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018, 1:30 pm– 2:30 pm Venue: ZEF, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn, Right Conference Room A public colloquium with Dr. Moctar Sacande from FAO who will give a talk “Africa’s Great Green Wall: Making a dream come true. FAO’s Action Against Desertification (AAD) programme.”…
UNCCD Parties decided at COP13 that the secretariat should commission a study on “The role that measures taken to implement the Convention can play to address desertification, land degradation and drought as one of the drivers that cause migration.” The study will be presented at the UNCCD COP14 in…
16 October is the World Food Day, celebrated to draw attention to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 that calls to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Modern agriculture and livestock cover over one-third of the world’s…
Bonn, Germany – 26 experts, including scientists and policy-makers from every region, as well as the representatives of the global observer organizations, gathered on 10-12 October for the eighth meeting of the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI). The meeting objectives included defining outlines…
