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Land restoration to safeguard nature and livelihoods: UNCCD and CBD working together

The publication spotlights the shared agenda of restoration and resilience, central to both UNCCD and the Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It identifies where and how synergies between commitments on biodiversity and land can enhance implementation at global and national…

Land restoration to safeguard nature and livelihoods: UNCCD and CBD working together
Financial and digital inclusion for last mile payments: Trends, sustainable land use and disruptive financial service options

As the world addresses the necessary realignment in investment strategies to tackle a range of existential issues including climate change, land degradation, polluted oceans and gender inequality; new ways to securely transfer funds and boost digital & financial inclusion are emerging. A high volume of transactions into more hard-to-reach areas are taking place along non-traditional…

Financial and digital inclusion for last mile payments: Trends, sustainable land use and disruptive financial service options
Study on differentiated impacts of DLDD on women and men: Summary for decision makers

Undertaking an analysis of the gender impacts of de- sertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) requires looking at the socio-economic issues that affect women and men differently when the land is degraded or when drought occurs. It means looking at how they are impacted, as well as at the coping mechanisms that they are able to develop in a given socio-cultural and economic…

Study on differentiated impacts of DLDD on women and men: Summary for decision makers