In Central Asia, governments and international organizations have undertaken significant efforts since the 1990s to inventory, develop, and promote sustainable land management (SLM) practices, which encompass both traditional methods specific to the region and innovative approaches aimed at mitigating and addressing emerging risks and issues stemming from climate change and land degradation.

Over the years, UNCCD-spearheaded activities in Central Asia have included the preparation of national action programmes (NAPs) to combat desertification, the setting of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets, the development of national drought policies and regional drought and sand and dust storms (SDS) management strategies, the preparation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the context of sustainable development and climate change-related actions. 

In these factsheet, available in English and Russian, you will find fact and figures for the region and individual countries.