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Women's land rights were in the spotlight on Friday on the eve of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, celebrated on June 17, at events around the world, from Kenya to Viet Nam, including a high-level event at UN Headquarters in New York. By ensuring equality in land rights, we protect land and advance gender equality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a…
Drylands in Central Asia are among the most rapidly degrading and climate-vulnerable areas worldwide. Desertification caused by climate change and human activities has led to land degradation, soil erosion, and loss of vegetation and biodiversity that is costing Central Asia over 5% of regional GDP. In marking UN Day to Combat Desertification and Droughts this week, Central Asian…
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- With a commitment to promoting green development through Belt and Road cooperation, China's experience in combating desertification contributes to global green development, a UN official has said. China has made scientific advancements in desertification control over the past decades, having established a solid barrier for ecological security, said Jia…
Download the vídeo: Excellencies, friends. We depend on land for our survival. Yet we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural process can restore them. And up to 40% of our planet's land is now degraded: Imperiling food production; Threatening biodiversity; …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter today launched the Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a guide for consumer-facing communicators in the global fashion industry to align efforts to sustainability targets, incorporating both environmental and social factors. The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook…
On July 4, 2019, women leaders of grassroots organizations from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe came together to form the Feminist Land Platform. This global platform seeks to eliminate the roots of inequalities related to women's land rights, highlight women's leadership, and highlight feminist perspectives in all struggles for land and territories, as well as act on other…